How common is the surname Chamberlin?

9,897 people in the United States had the surname Chamberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,196 Americans. It ranked 3,595th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chamberlin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chamberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chamberlin?

Kevin Chamberlin, American actor, followed by Jimmy Chamberlin.

Where is the surname Chamberlin most common?

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

Is the surname Chamberlin getting more or less common?

More common. 9,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,897 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Chamberlin

A surname, carried by 9,897 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chamberlin is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,897 people named Chamberlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,196 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,655.

#3,595

rank among US surnames

9,897

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,394)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,586	Free	9,923	31,114
#3,587	Upchurch	9,922	31,117
#3,588	Wadsworth	9,912	31,149
#3,589	Partridge	9,909	31,158
#3,590	Osman	9,908	31,161
#3,592	Wirth	9,907	31,164
#3,593	Gilley	9,906	31,168

Who is named Chamberlin

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

93% of people named Chamberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chamberlins

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Chamberlin
American actor, born 1963
Jimmy Chamberlin
American drummer and record producer, born 1964
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, born 1963

Notable Chamberlins come mostly from the United States (9) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chamberlin

Chamberlin has the Soundex code C516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C516.

Questions

How common is the surname Chamberlin?: 9,897 people in the United States had the surname Chamberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,196 Americans. It ranked 3,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chamberlin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chamberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chamberlin?: Kevin Chamberlin, American actor, followed by Jimmy Chamberlin.
Where is the surname Chamberlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chamberlin in the United States and Spain.
Is the surname Chamberlin getting more or less common?: More common. 9,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,897 in 2010, up 2.5%.