# Chauncey (surname)

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

An American surname from Old French, of Norman origin from a place name in France.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,359 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,796 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 227,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (1,357 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Norman name based on several locations in France called Chancé. See Old French chance.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chauncey 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Chance, Chancey, Chancy, Chang, Chamness, Camacho, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Chiang, Coons.

## 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.