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Char Name Meaning
French: from French char ‘cart’, metonymic occupational
name for a carter.Anglicized spelling of Slovenian
Car, a nickname from carati ‘to practice sorcery’.Indian (Karnataka): Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit
acarya ‘teacher’, ‘spiritual guide’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Char
Name Distribution of Char Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Char families
 19 - 36  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Char families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Char last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Char census records
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Char Family Origin
Char Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Char
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Char Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Char census records
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Military Service by Char
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Death of Mr. Ben Tin Kong Char in China |  | davwayell | 0 |
| Char Family | | SPowers1140 | 0 |
| Henry Char | | VWhiteDavis | 0 |
| CARY | | 0 | |
| Louis(Ludwig)Char wife Johanna | | 0 |
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