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Charles

in South Dakota

There are 46 people with the last name "Charles" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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Charles 2,296
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  1. is 2,292nd most common Brownell
  2. is 2,293rd most common Browning
  3. is 2,294th most common Buckman
  4. is 2,295th most common Cap
  5. is 2,296th most common Charles
  6. is 2,297th most common Conn
  7. is 2,298th most common Dargatz
  8. is 2,299th most common Dickey
  9. is 2,300th most common Dobesh

Most Common First Names for Charles

Robert, Debbie, Mylan, Richard, Stacey, William, Aaron, Amy, Andrea, Bessie

Meaning & History

French, Welsh, and English: from the French form of the Germanic personal name Carl ‘man’ (which was Latinized as Carolus). In France the personal name was popular from an early date, due to the fame of the Emperor Charlemagne (?742–814; Latin name Carolus Magnus, i.e. Charles the Great). The Old French form Charles was briefly introduced to England by the Normans, but was rare during the main period of surname formation. It was introduced more successfully to Scotland in the 16th century by the Stuarts, who had strong ties with France, and was brought by them to England in the 17th century. Its frequency as a Welsh surname is attributable to the late date of Welsh surname formation. Old English Ceorl ‘peasant’ is also found as a byname, but the resulting Middle English form, Charl, with a patronymic in -s, if it existed at all, would have been absorbed by the French form introduced by the Normans. Compare Carl. English variants pronounced with initial k- for the most part reflect the cognate Old Norse personal name Karl, Karli.

Swedish: ornamental form of a Frenchified form of the Old Norse personal name Karl.

FOREBEARS This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Charles was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.In Canada, a Charles, also known as La Jeunesse, arrived in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from Paris in 1665.

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