Last Name CHANDLER

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Meaning	The chandler, a candlemaker or the official who attended to the lights in his lord's household. A name of trade; a maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Polish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	379 (2000 US census)	322 (1990 US census)

Count	76,114 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.77%, or 58433 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.11%, or 14545 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 381 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 419 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 1210 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.48%, or 1126 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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