How common is the surname Chancellor?

4,147 people in the United States had the surname Chancellor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,450 Americans. It ranked 7,974th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chancellor?

John Chancellor, American TV journalist (1927–1996), followed by John Chancellor.

Where is the surname Chancellor most common?

Wikidata records people named Chancellor in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Chancellor getting more or less common?

More common. 4,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,147 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Chancellor

A surname, carried by 4,147 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chancellor is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,147 people named Chancellor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,450 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,072.

#7,974

rank among US surnames

4,147

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,533)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,968	Bednar	4,151	74,379
#7,971	Colella	4,150	74,397
#7,972	Lechner	4,149	74,414
#7,974	Chancellor	4,147	74,450
#7,975	McCutchen	4,146	74,468
#7,977	Treece	4,144	74,504

Who is named Chancellor

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

77% of people named Chancellor identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chancellors

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Chancellor
American TV journalist (1927–1996)
John Chancellor
British colonial administrator (1870–1952)
Van Chancellor
American basketball player and coach, born 1943
Kam Chancellor
American football player, defensive back, born 1988

Notable Chancellors come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

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Chancellor has the Soundex code C524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C524.

Questions

How common is the surname Chancellor?: 4,147 people in the United States had the surname Chancellor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,450 Americans. It ranked 7,974th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chancellor?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Chancellor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chancellor?: John Chancellor, American TV journalist (1927–1996), followed by John Chancellor.
Where is the surname Chancellor most common?: Wikidata records people named Chancellor in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Chancellor getting more or less common?: More common. 4,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,147 in 2010, up 1.8%.