The surname Chand
A Hindi surname, carried by 2,820 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex C530
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi चंद (cand).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,820 people named Chand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,484 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,235.
Who is named Chand
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Chand identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 16% as two or more races and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 74%
- Two or more races 16%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Chand has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Chand come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi चंद (cand).
- How common is the surname Chand?
- 2,820 people in the United States had the surname Chand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,484 Americans. It ranked 11,209th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chand?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Chand identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 16% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Chand getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,820 in 2010, up 26%.