Charlton Family History
Charlton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places
called Charlton, mainly in southern England, from Old English
Ceorlatun ‘settlement (Old English tun) of the
peasants’. Old English ceorl denoted originally a free peasant
of the lowest rank, later (but probably already before the Norman
conquest) a tenant in pure villeinage, a serf or bondsman.Irish: altered form of Carlin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Charlton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Charlton families
 88 - 173  30 - 87 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Charlton families
|
1,471 - 2,940 491 - 1,470 |
1 - 490 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Charlton families
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19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Charlton Family Origin
Charlton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Charlton
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Charlton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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