The Chari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 434 people carried this name — #48,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 46% from 298 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 157 people named Chari 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Chari.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Mayenne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Chari live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Chari,
with a public archive behind them.
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Raja Chari 1977– · engineer -
Anusha Chari 1969– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chari.
- Chaput 2,296 · U.S. census
- Charbonneau 4,617 · U.S. census
- Charbonnet 522 · U.S. census
- Charbonnier 234 · U.S. census
- Chardon 258 · U.S. census
- Charette 4,121 · U.S. census
- Charite 165 · U.S. census
- Charle 106 · U.S. census
- Charlemagne 480 · U.S. census
- Charles 61,211 · U.S. census
- Charlet 453 · U.S. census
- Charley 4,201 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chari is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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