# Chatman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,473 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,355 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (13,935 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chatman 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) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chatman in the United States.

## People named Chatman

- Mire Chatman, American basketball player (born 1978)
- Vernon Chatman, American actor, stand-up comedian and musician
- Pokey Chatman, American basketball player and coach
- Memphis Slim, American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988)

## Similar surnames

Chatmon, Cottman, Cadman, Cotman.

## 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.