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Charles in the US

  1. #621 Montoya
  2. #622 Sawyer
  3. #623 Melton
  4. #624 Dyer
  5. #625 Charles
  6. #626 Solis
  7. #627 Walter
  8. #628 Stephenson
  9. #629 Mcclure
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Meaning & Origins

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.
625th in the U.S. for 2011

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Quick facts

Tens of Thousands
of people in the U.S have this name
46,480
to be exact (as of February 2011)
Louisiana
has the most people named Charles per capita

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Charles is most likely to live in New York, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and California

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