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There are approximately 1,290 people named Chaloner in the UK. That makes it the 6,129th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 20 are named Chaloner.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Chaloner surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CHALONER. Cole admits this name into his Dictionary as that of an ancient family. It means in old French either a boatman, from chalvn, a boat ; or a fisherman, from clialon, a kind of net. N. & Q., v. 592. It occurs in the H.R. in the forms of Le Chalouner, Le Chaluner, Le Chalunuer,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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