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 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 62
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 143
Dorset 149
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 76
Hampshire 24
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 194
Middlesex 29
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 370
Surrey 6
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 15
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 58
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 16
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 175
Agricultural Labourer 59
House Servant 24
Labourer 20
Dress Maker 16
Servant 16
Carpenter 11
At Home 11
Farm Labourer 10
Mason 10
Farmer's Son 10
Farmer 8
Boot & Shoe Maker 7
Scholar At Home 7
House Keeper 7
Shoe Maker 7
Tailor 6
Gardener 6
Pilot 5
Lace Maker 5
Wife 5
General Servant 5
Charwoman 4
Cordwainer 4
Home 4

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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