Chilton is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chilton
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: From a town of the same name in Wiltshire, England, signifying the chalk-hills, from the Saxon cylt, clay or chalk

How popular is Chilton?

Chilton is common in England.

Chilton is ranked 33989 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Chilton bearers increased by 2.739501 per cent in 2010 US census to 6263 since 2000, the surname slipped by 294 spots and ranked at 5551. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.9 88.24
Black 7.04 7.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.84 1.62
Others 2.46 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.29 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.39
Chilton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Palau is ahead in terms of density. Around 14650 people have been found who wears Chilton as their family name. Chilton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
103,755 Czech Republic5
381,097 Ukraine4
14,054 China3
14,078 Japan3
107 Palau2
54,641 Sweden2
21,529 Singapore2
12,172 Ghana2
124,220 Italy2
1,818 Guernsey1
49,529 Israel1
123,175 Tanzania1
56,169 Mexico1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,510 Oman1
66,560 Philippines1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,790 Zambia1
6,820 Angola1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
52,947 Netherlands31
58,436 Spain30
43,662 Belgium30
11,444 Portugal28
9,692 Ireland27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
Countries with hundreds of Chilton:
5,996 Canada718
4,422 Australia680
10,002 South Africa639
3,164 New Zealand241
3,168 Scotland203
50,182 Germany202
71,478 France135
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Chilton:
5,177 United States7,650
2,152 England3,721
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Chilton Namesakes

  • Alex Chilton, Songwriter
  • Allenby Chilton, Soccer player
  • Kevin P. Chilton, Astronaut
  • John Chilton Burch, Politician
  • Cecelia Chilton, Alex Chilton's sister
  • Tom Chilton, Racing driver
  • John Chilton, Writer
  • Tom Chilton, Racing driver
  • John Chilton Burch, Politician
  • Tony Chilton, Soccer player
  • Christy Chilton played central role of N in 0 0 movie Sugar.

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