How common is the surname Chason?

1,464 people in the United States had the surname Chason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,892 Americans. It ranked 18,747th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chason?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Chason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Chason getting more or less common?

More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,464 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Chason also a first name?

Yes. Chason 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 Chason

A surname, carried by 1,464 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chason is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,464 people named Chason in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,892 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,269.

#18,747

rank among US surnames

1,464

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+15.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,747	Rusher	1,464	210,892
#18,751	Jansson	1,463	211,036

Who is named Chason

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

87% of people named Chason identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chason

Chason has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Questions

How common is the surname Chason?: 1,464 people in the United States had the surname Chason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,892 Americans. It ranked 18,747th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chason?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Chason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Chason getting more or less common?: More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,464 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Chason also a first name?: Yes. Chason 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.