# Chamberlin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chamberlin/  
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) | 9,897 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,595 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,196 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (9,655 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chamberlin 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chamberlin in the United States and Spain.

## People named Chamberlin

- Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
- Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer and record producer
- Edward Chamberlin, American economist (1899–1967)
- Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American geologist and educator (1843–1928)
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin, American biologist (1879–1967)
- William Henry Chamberlin, American historian and journalist (1897-1969)
- Clarence Chamberlin, American aviator (1893-1976)
- Donald D. Chamberlin, American computer scientist (born 1944)
- Guy Chamberlin, American football player and coach (1894-1967)
- Beth Chamberlin, American actress

## Similar surnames

Chamberlain, Chambers, Cambron, Cumberland, Chamberland, Conover, Converse, Confer, Comfort, Camper, Conforti, Cumberbatch.

## 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.