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    The surname Chamness

    A surname, carried by 2,114 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C520

    Chamness: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chamness #14,201, 2,114 people Chamness: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chamness #14,201, 2,114 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chamness is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,114 people named Chamness in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,081.

    #14,201
    rank among US surnames
    2,114
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,421)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,197Riggio2,115145,979
    #14,201Neher2,114146,048
    #14,208Sprayberry2,113146,117

    Who is named Chamness

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

    93% of people named Chamness identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chamness

    Chamness has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chamness?
    2,114 people in the United States had the surname Chamness in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chamness?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chamness identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chamness getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 1.6%.