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Chalmers
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Origin Of The Surname Chalmers
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Meaning Of The Surname Chalmers
Keeper of the Private Quarters
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Interesting
Facts About
Chalmers
Chalmers is a variation of the name Chambers, which itself is of French origin. Chambers comes from the French word ‘chamber’ meaning room and this word would have been brought to Britain from France by invading Normans. Its use as a surname would have been occupational, given to a person who was in charge of the private quarters in an important household, for example the private quarters of a lord. The variant Chalmers is mainly found in Scotland and is a phonetically Gaelic variation. |
Chalmers Statistics
Chalmers is the number 1086 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,404 share the surname Chalmers in the UK.
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