# Chambers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chambers/  
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) | 94,988 |
| US rank (2010) | 326 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,250 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (90,325 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chambers 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chambers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Chambers

- Justin Chambers, American actor and former model
- Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (1952-2009)
- Robert W. Chambers, American artist, novelist, short story writer (1865–1933)
- Whittaker Chambers, American defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)
- Paul Chambers, American jazz double bassist (1935–1969)
- Kim Chambers, American pornographic actress
- Becky Chambers, American author
- Dennis Chambers, American drummer
- Aidan Chambers, British children's writer (1934–2025)
- Tom Chambers, American basketball player (born 1959)
- John Chambers, American businessman (born 1949)
- Kasey Chambers, Australian country singer-songwriter and musician

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Camper, Cambra, Camberos, Chamberland, Conover, Converse, Confer, Comfort, Cambron, 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.