Char is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Char
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Char

How popular is Char?

Char is common in United States.

Char is ranked 48672 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chars grew by 8.701135 per cent to 862 since 2000 and ranked 27845 after elevating 508 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 57.89 64.44
White 18.21 18.03
Others 14.27 11.48
Hispanic or Latino 6.26 3.78
Black 3.36 0
Char is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 9795 people have been found who wears Char as their family name. Char is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
567,967 Indonesia6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
720,003 Russia4
8,993 Tunisia3
127,708 Czech Republic3
46,068 Philippines3
11,736 Lithuania2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,617 Cambodia2
24,269 Peru2
82,478 South Africa2
91,024 Belgium1
15,705 Cameroon1
50,549 Georgia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
21,562 Portugal1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
28,365 Kenya1
2,057 Myanmar1
29,046 Japan1
58,885 Poland1
31,207 Ireland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
29,595 Iran1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
3,243 Suriname1
77,122 Sweden1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,337 Cyprus43
51,763 Australia37
69,202 Netherlands18
80,054 Spain18
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,298 England65
13,232 Chile63
1,794 Thailand56
Countries with hundreds of Char:
9,594 Morocco537
4,125 Colombia454
4,864 Greece369
15,335 Algeria357
27,922 France355
36,063 Brazil318
2,266 Lebanon272
14,944 Mexico262
7,689 Malaysia253
50,182 Germany202
1,470 Hong Kong166
26,200 Canada131
2,817 Singapore124
40,399 Argentina119
4,793 Bulgaria117
Countries with thousands of Char:
11,029 India4,309
28,123 United States1,073
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Comments

V
Vicenta Kindell
Its etymology comes from the Latin carrus, which means the truck, the van that name specifies the ancestral profession: manufacturer, tanks merchant.

Char Namesakes

  • David Char Navas, Colombian Politician
  • Alejandro Char Chaljub, Civil engineer
  • Abderrahman Charkawi, Screenwriter
  • Raymond Charles Péré, Architect
  • Ivo of Chartres, Saint
  • David Charles Abell, Conductor
  • Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Explorer
  • William Charles Williams, Seaman
  • William Charles Abney, Jr., Etterlene DeBarge's brother
  • Henry Charles Wootton Abney, William Abney's father

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