# Chase (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chase/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 52,481 |
| US rank (2010) | 649 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,883 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (50,777 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃeɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Chayce |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chase in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chase in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Chase

- Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943)
- Daveigh Chase, American actress (1990–2026)
- Martha Chase, American geneticist
- Salmon P. Chase, American politician and lawyer (1808–1873)
- David Chase, American screenwriter, director and producer
- Richard Chase, American serial killer, cannibal and necrophiliac (1950–1980)
- William Merritt Chase, American painter (1849–1916)
- Charley Chase, actor, comedian, director, writer (1893–1940)
- Will Chase, American actor and singer (born 1970)
- Samuel Chase, American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1741–1811)
- Ilka Chase, American actress and novelist (1900–1978)
- Vicki Chase, American pornographic actress

and 34 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Chasse, Chace, Casey, Case, Causey, Caskey, Cook, Cox, Cooke, Cash, Couch, Ceja.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.