The Chandler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 79,186 people carried this name — #404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,730 people counted. That is up 4% from 76,114 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chandler surname
An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chandler» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Chandler name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Chandler.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 72 people named Chandler live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
54 people named Chandler live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Chandler is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Chandler in American newspapers,
1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 836,740 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chandler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Samuel Chandler 1693–1766 · translator -
Winthrop Chandler 1747–1790 · painter -
John Chandler 1762–1841 · politician -
John Westbrooke Chandler 1764–1804 · poet -
Abiel Chandler 1777–1851
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 205 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chandler.
- Chamu 396 · U.S. census
- Chan 76,664 · U.S. census
- Chana 325 · U.S. census
- Chanay 124 · U.S. census
- Chance 14,256 · U.S. census
- Chancy 1,010 · U.S. census
- Chane 204 · U.S. census
- Chanel 137 · U.S. census
- Chaney 33,201 · U.S. census
- Chanez 289 · U.S. census
- Chang 81,939 · U.S. census
- Chanon 159 · U.S. census
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