Chard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 35
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 101
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 3
Devon 138
Dorset 139
Durham 6
Essex 13
Gloucestershire 126
Hampshire 22
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 34
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 6
London 330
Middlesex 13
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 16
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 10
Somerset 388
Surrey 9
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 28
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 53
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 13

Wales

Anglesey 14
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 55
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 40
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 354
Agricultural Labourer 41
Dress Maker 19
General Labourer 19
General Servant 17
Labourer 16
Carpenter 14
Domestic Servant 14
Laundress 11
Annuitant 10
None 10
House Keeper 10
Farm Labourer 10
Charwoman 8
Butcher 7
Clerk 7
Servant 7
Tailor 7
Coal Miner 7
Pauper 7
Mason 7
General Servant Domestic 6
Boot Maker 5
Cook Domestic 5
Nil 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Chard

Name Census Frequency
William Chard 968
Mary Chard 850
John Chard 658
Elizabeth Chard 608
Thomas Chard 375
Sarah Chard 368
Henry Chard 350
George Chard 347
James Chard 344
Charles Chard 305
Ann Chard 280
Jane Chard 257
Emma Chard 240
Eliza Chard 211
Joseph Chard 200
Robert Chard 195
Ellen Chard 193
Edward Chard 189
Frederick Chard 177
Alfred Chard 166
Annie Chard 160
Arthur Chard 158
Alice Chard 148
Louisa Chard 134
Martha Chard 126

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