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    The surname Cham

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,124 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C500

    Cham: #22,791 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cham #22,791, 1,124 people Cham: #22,791 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cham #22,791, 1,124 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cham is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,124 people named Cham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 744.

    #22,791
    rank among US surnames
    1,124
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +51.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,815)

    Who is named Cham

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

    49% of people named Cham identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cham

    Cham has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cham come from?
    From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).
    How common is the surname Cham?
    1,124 people in the United States had the surname Cham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. It ranked 22,791st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cham?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Cham identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Cham getting more or less common?
    More common. 744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,124 in 2010, up 51%.