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    The surname Chamlee

    A surname, carried by 581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C540

    Chamlee: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chamlee #38,155, 581 people Chamlee: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chamlee #38,155, 581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chamlee is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    A variant pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/. Cf. Chidley and Chulmleigh.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 581 people named Chamlee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 578.

    #38,155
    rank among US surnames
    581
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,531)

    Who is named Chamlee

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

    95% of people named Chamlee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chamlee

    Chamlee has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chamlee come from?
    A variant pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/. Cf. Chidley and Chulmleigh.
    How common is the surname Chamlee?
    581 people in the United States had the surname Chamlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. It ranked 38,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chamlee?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chamlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chamlee getting more or less common?
    More common. 578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 581 in 2010, up 0.5%.