The Charton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 244 people carried this name — #78,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 16% from 290 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,073 people named Charton.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Charton live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Charton in American newspapers,
1860–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,799 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Charton.
- Charpentier 2,891 · U.S. census
- Charrette 460 · U.S. census
- Charrier 552 · U.S. census
- Charron 4,241 · U.S. census
- Charry 308 · U.S. census
- Chartier 5,479 · U.S. census
- Charvat 760 · U.S. census
- Charvet 301 · U.S. census
- Chary 164 · U.S. census
- Chassagne 139 · U.S. census
- Chasse 2,646 · U.S. census
- Chassereau 234 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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