# Chamberlain (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chamberlain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,727 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,231 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,748 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (27,928 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chamberlaine |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chamberlain in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chamberlain in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Chamberlain

- Owen Chamberlain, American physicist
- Richard Chamberlain, American actor (1934–2025)
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American military officer, professor, and 32nd Governor of Maine (1828–1914)
- Emma Chamberlain, American media personality (born 2001)
- Basil Hall Chamberlain, British academic (1850–1935)
- Jay Chamberlain, American racing driver (1925-2001)
- Matt Chamberlain, American musician
- John Chamberlain, American artist (1927-2011)
- George Earle Chamberlain, American politician (1854-1928)
- Daniel Henry Chamberlain, American planter, lawyer and politician (1835–1907)
- Joba Chamberlain, baseball pitcher from the United States
- Howland Chamberlain, actor

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Chamberlin, Chambers, Cambron, Cumberland, Cambra, Chamberland, Conover, Converse, Confer, Comfort, Camper, Conforti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.