How common is the surname Chauncey?

1,359 people in the United States had the surname Chauncey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. It ranked 19,796th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chauncey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,359 in 2010, up 0.1%.

Is Chauncey also a first name?

Yes. Chauncey 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 Chauncey

A French place surname, carried by 1,359 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chauncey is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

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

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,359 people named Chauncey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,357.

#19,796

rank among US surnames

1,359

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,701)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,796	Rua	1,359	227,186
#19,803	Cahn	1,358	227,353

Who is named Chauncey

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

89% of people named Chauncey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chauncey

Chauncey has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chauncey come from?: From the Norman name based on several locations in France called Chancé. See Old French chance.
How common is the surname Chauncey?: 1,359 people in the United States had the surname Chauncey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. It ranked 19,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chauncey?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Chauncey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Chauncey?: Chauncey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Chauncey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,359 in 2010, up 0.1%.
Is Chauncey also a first name?: Yes. Chauncey 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.