How common is the surname Chambers?

94,988 people in the United States had the surname Chambers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,250 Americans. It ranked 326th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chambers?

Justin Chambers, American actor and former model, followed by Marilyn Chambers.

Where is the surname Chambers most common?

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

How do you pronounce Chambers?

Chambers is /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Chambers getting more or less common?

More common. 90,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 94,988 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Chambers

A surname, carried by 94,988 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/ 2 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). Chambers is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 94,988 people named Chambers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,250 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 90,325.

#326

rank among US surnames

94,988

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #305)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#317	Keller	98,268	3,142
#318	Avila	97,314	3,173
#319	Wade	97,040	3,182
#320	Molina	96,979	3,184
#321	Stanley	96,867	3,187
#322	Hopkins	96,810	3,189
#323	Campos	96,111	3,212

Who is named Chambers

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

66% of people named Chambers identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chamberss

26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justin Chambers
American actor and former model, born 1970
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, born 1974
Becky Chambers
American author, born 1985
Dennis Chambers
American drummer, born 1959
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, born 1976

Notable Chamberss come mostly from the United States (24), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chambers

Chambers 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 Chambers?: 94,988 people in the United States had the surname Chambers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,250 Americans. It ranked 326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chambers?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Chambers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chambers?: Justin Chambers, American actor and former model, followed by Marilyn Chambers.
Where is the surname Chambers most common?: Wikidata records people named Chambers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Chambers?: Chambers is /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Chambers getting more or less common?: More common. 90,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 94,988 in 2010, up 5.2%.