How Many People Have the Last Name Charles?
people had the surname Charles in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,819 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+9,693 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Charles (53%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 33.7%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Charles ranks #5. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 47.3% to 53%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 38.9% to 33.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Charles grew from 51,518 people in 2000 to 61,211 in 2010 (up 18.8%), and its rank rose from #589 to #548.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 51,518 | 61,211 |
| Rank | #589 | #548 |
| Per 100,000 people | 19.1 | 20.75 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Charles
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Charles: C642
👤 Charles as a First Name
Charles is a first name too: about 1,200,833 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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