Last Name CHALMERS

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Meaning	One of the clan Cameron going to France, put his name into a Latin dress by calling himself Camerario, which in French is de la Cham- bre; upon his return home he was, according to Scottish dialect, called Chalmers. The arms of the family were cut on stone and wood in St. Nicholas' church at Aberdeen, with the dates 1313 and 1413. One of the clan Cameron of Scotland, going to France, put his name in a Latin dress, as was customary in those times, styling himself 'De Cameraria,' which was called in French, 'De la Chambre,' and upon his return to Scotland, he was again, according to their dialect, called 'Chambers.' 'Chalmers' is a corruption of the same.

Origin	Scottish, Irish, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	5,496 (2000 US census)	3,784 (1990 US census)

Count	5,817 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.86%, or 4238 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.12%, or 1345 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.46%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 91 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.58%, or 92 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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