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    The surname Chairez

    A surname, carried by 6,186 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C620

    Chairez: #5,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chairez #5,619, 6,186 people Chairez: #5,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chairez #5,619, 6,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chairez is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,186 people named Chairez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,910 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,391.

    #5,619
    rank among US surnames
    6,186
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,036)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,610Homer6,19849,814
    #5,611Kirkman6,19749,822
    #5,612Engler6,19449,846
    #5,613Burwell6,19349,854
    #5,614Callaghan6,19149,870
    #5,615Meacham6,19049,878
    #5,616Mohan6,18849,894

    Who is named Chairez

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

    98% of people named Chairez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chairez

    Chairez has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chairez?
    6,186 people in the United States had the surname Chairez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,910 Americans. It ranked 5,619th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chairez?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Chairez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chairez getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,186 in 2010, up 41%.