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    The surname Chatman

    A surname, carried by 15,473 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C355

    Chatman: #2,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chatman #2,355, 15,473 people Chatman: #2,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chatman #2,355, 15,473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chatman is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,473 people named Chatman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,954 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,935.

    #2,355
    rank among US surnames
    15,473
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #2,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,346Iverson15,53919,869
    #2,347Monahan15,53319,877
    #2,348Beavers15,53119,879
    #2,349Julian15,52019,893
    #2,350Ceballos15,51519,900
    #2,351Leary15,50519,913
    #2,352Borden15,50019,919

    Who is named Chatman

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

    79% of people named Chatman identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Chatmans

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mire Chatman
      American basketball player (born 1978)
    • Vernon Chatman
      American actor, stand-up comedian and musician, born 1972
    • Pokey Chatman
      American basketball player and coach, born 1969
    • Memphis Slim
      American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chatman

    Chatman has the Soundex code C355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chatman?
    15,473 people in the United States had the surname Chatman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,954 Americans. It ranked 2,355th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chatman?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Chatman identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chatman?
    Mire Chatman, American basketball player (born 1978), followed by Vernon Chatman.
    Where is the surname Chatman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chatman in the United States.
    Is the surname Chatman getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,473 in 2010, up 11%.