Chambers (surname)

Chambers is a common surname of English origin. It usually denoted either a servant who worked in his master's private chambers, or a camararius, a person in charge of an exchequer room. At the time of the British census of 1881,[1] the relative frequency of the surname Chambers was highest in Nottinghamshire (4.4 times the British average), followed by Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Rutland, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Haddingtonshire and Kent. Related surnames include Chalmers and Chamberlain.

Notable people surnamed Chambers

Notable people with the surname include:

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Italian

Scottish

Trinidadian

  • George Chambers (1928–1997), former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago

New Zealander

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References

  1. "Chambers Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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