as a Last Name
- 15,966
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Chester
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from Chester, the county seat of Cheshire, or from any of various smaller places named with this word (as for example Little Chester in Derbyshire or Chester le Street in County Durham), which is from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).
| 2,302nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,966
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Chester per capita
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