Last name: CHAREST
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CHAREST : This last name is indexed 42,434 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHAREST : 1: Altered form of French Charet: from Old French charet ‘cart’ used as a nickname for a carter.2: Altered form of French Canadian Chauret. Compare Cart 4 Carte 3 and Charette 1.
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