How common is the last name Charles?

62,686 people in the United States have the last name Charles, about 1 in 4,768. It ranks #526 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CHARLES

#526

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
62,686
About
1 in 4,768
This common or more
32.5%
Who bears it

Of the 62,686 people with the last name Charles, 55.2% reported their origin as Black, 28.9% as White and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Charles

#524 Patton · 62,929#525 Bowers · 62,913#527 Bauer · 62,667#528 Tyler · 62,380

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charles, most common first.

#81,311 Charleson · 251#94,713 Charleus · 207

Also a first name

As a first name, Charles ranks #17 of 53,615, with 1,207,972 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1947, with 40,919 births. See Charles as a first name

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