How common is the surname Chase?

52,481 people in the United States had the surname Chase in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,883 Americans. It ranked 649th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chase?

Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943), followed by Daveigh Chase.

Where is the surname Chase most common?

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

How do you pronounce Chase?

Chase is /t͡ʃeɪs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Chase getting more or less common?

More common. 50,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,481 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Chase also a first name?

Yes. Chase is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Chase

A nickname surname, carried by 52,481 people in the United States.

Pronounced /t͡ʃeɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex C200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chase is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

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

Chase is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 52,481 people named Chase in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,883 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 50,777.

#649

rank among US surnames

52,481

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #606)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#640	Roy	53,159	5,808
#641	Vincent	53,095	5,815
#642	York	53,059	5,819
#643	Hodge	52,920	5,834
#644	Villa	52,817	5,846
#645	Abbott	52,739	5,854
#646	Allison	52,701	5,858

Who is named Chase

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

82% of people named Chase identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chases

46 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chevy Chase
American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943)
Daveigh Chase
American actress (1990–2026)
Martha Chase
American geneticist, 1927–2003
Salmon P. Chase
American politician and lawyer (1808–1873)
David Chase
American screenwriter, director and producer, born 1945
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, born 1985

Notable Chases come mostly from the United States (42), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Chayce

Surnames that sound like Chase

Chase has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

How common is the surname Chase?: 52,481 people in the United States had the surname Chase in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,883 Americans. It ranked 649th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chase?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Chase identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chase?: Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943), followed by Daveigh Chase.
Where is the surname Chase most common?: Wikidata records people named Chase in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Chase?: Chase is /t͡ʃeɪs/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Chase?: Chase is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Chase getting more or less common?: More common. 50,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,481 in 2010, up 3.4%.
What are other spellings of Chase?: Chayce.
Is Chase also a first name?: Yes. Chase is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.