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    The surname Chadwick

    An English place surname, carried by 16,415 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃædwɪk/ 2 syllables Soundex C320 Also a first name

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chadwick is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Derived from Old English Ċeadda (“Chad”) + Old Norse vík.

    Chadwick is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,415 people named Chadwick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,809 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,913.

    #2,222
    rank among US surnames
    16,415
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,093)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,213O'Rourke16,45718,761
    #2,215Rincon16,45518,763
    #2,216Abernathy16,45018,769
    #2,217Altman16,44818,771
    #2,218Huston16,43518,786
    #2,219Foote16,42518,797
    #2,220Ennis16,41918,804

    Who is named Chadwick

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Chadwick identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chadwicks

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Whitefield Chadwick
      American composer (1854–1931)
    • Helene Chadwick
      Actress (1897-1940)
    • Florence Chadwick
      American swimmer (1918-1995)
    • Justin Chadwick
      British actor and director, born 1968
    • Edgar Chadwick
      Association football player from England (1869–1942)
    • Stephen F. Chadwick
      American politician (1825-1895)
    • Henry Chadwick
      American baseball writer and statistician (1824–1908)
    • Cyril Chadwick
      Actor (1879-1955)
    • Henry Chadwick
      British academic and Anglican priest (1920–2008)
    • Whitney Chadwick
      American art historian and educator, 1943–2026
    • Michael Chadwick
      American swimmer, born 1995
    • Georgia Byng
      British children's writer, born 1965

    Notable Chadwicks come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (3).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Chadwick has the Soundex code C320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C320.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chadwick come from?
    Derived from Old English Ċeadda (“Chad”) + Old Norse vík.
    How common is the surname Chadwick?
    16,415 people in the United States had the surname Chadwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,809 Americans. It ranked 2,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chadwick?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Chadwick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chadwick?
    George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer (1854–1931), followed by Helene Chadwick.
    Where is the surname Chadwick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chadwick in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Chadwick?
    Chadwick is /ˈt͡ʃædwɪk/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Chadwick?
    Chadwick is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chadwick getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,415 in 2010, up 3.2%.
    What are other spellings of Chadwick?
    Chaddock, Shaddock, Shadduck, Shadix, Shadwick and Shattock.
    Is Chadwick also a first name?
    Yes. Chadwick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.