Charnock

English

Etymology

Two origins:

• English habitational surname from the villages of Heath Charnock and Charnock Richard, in Lancashire, probably of Celtic origin and related to the name Cairns.
• Americanized spelling of Polish Czarnoch or Slovak Černok; see Cernik.

Proper noun

Charnock (plural Charnocks)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• charnockite
• charnockitic
• Heath Charnock

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Charnock is the 40494^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 540 individuals. Charnock is most common among White (95.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Charnock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.