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    The surname Chatham

    A place surname, carried by 4,066 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈtʃæð.əm/ 2 syllables Soundex C350

    Chatham: #8,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chatham #8,155, 4,066 people Chatham: #8,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chatham #8,155, 4,066 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chatham is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

    Chatham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,066 people named Chatham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,054.

    #8,155
    rank among US surnames
    4,066
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,565)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,148Grosso4,06975,877
    #8,150Mayne4,06875,896
    #8,153Brownfield4,06775,915
    #8,155Sinha4,06675,933
    #8,158McPhee4,06575,952
    #8,159Paquin4,06475,971
    #8,162Armitage4,06375,990

    Who is named Chatham

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

    87% of people named Chatham identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chathams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wes Chatham
      American actor, born 1978
    • Rhys Chatham
      American composer, born 1952
    • Hampe Faustman
      Actor and film director (1919-1961)

    Notable Chathams come mostly from the United States (2) and Sweden (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Chatham

    Chatham has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chatham come from?
    From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).
    How common is the surname Chatham?
    4,066 people in the United States had the surname Chatham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. It ranked 8,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chatham?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Chatham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chatham?
    Wes Chatham, American actor, followed by Rhys Chatham.
    Where is the surname Chatham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chatham in the United States and Sweden.
    How do you pronounce Chatham?
    Chatham is /ˈtʃæð.əm/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Chatham?
    Chatham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chatham getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,066 in 2010, up 0.3%.