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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 101
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 137
Dorset 143
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 90
Hampshire 21
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 15
Lancashire 26
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 210
Middlesex 11
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 14
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 10
Somerset 346
Surrey 13
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 43
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 18

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 20
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 205
Agricultural Labourer 58
Dress Maker 20
Servant 19
Carpenter 17
House Servant 16
Labourer 15
Tailor 12
Farm Labourer 10
Nurse 10
Butcher 9
Domestic Servant 8
Shoe Maker 8
Mason 8
General Servant 7
Laundress 7
Copper Miner 6
Mariner 5
Pilot 5
Lace Maker 5
Stone Mason 5
Ag Labourer 5
Shepherd 4
Gardener 4
Brick Maker 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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