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    The surname Chay

    A surname, carried by 1,212 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C000

    Chay: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chay #21,535, 1,212 people Chay: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chay #21,535, 1,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chay is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,212 people named Chay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 686.

    #21,535
    rank among US surnames
    1,212
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +76.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,817)

    Who is named Chay

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

    47% of people named Chay identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 47%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chay

    Chay has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chay?
    1,212 people in the United States had the surname Chay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. It ranked 21,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chay?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Chay identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Chay getting more or less common?
    More common. 686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,212 in 2010, up 77%.