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    The surname Chayka

    A surname, carried by 328 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C200

    Chayka: #61,297 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chayka #61,297, 328 people Chayka: #61,297 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chayka #61,297, 328 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chayka is more common than 62.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian ча́йка (čájka), Polish czajka, or Slovene čajka. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čajьka.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 328 people named Chayka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 941,297 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 293.

    #61,297
    rank among US surnames
    328
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #63,632)

    Who is named Chayka

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

    97% of people named Chayka identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Chayka

    Chayka has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chayka come from?
    From Ukrainian ча́йка (čájka), Polish czajka, or Slovene čajka. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čajьka.
    How common is the surname Chayka?
    328 people in the United States had the surname Chayka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 941,297 Americans. It ranked 61,297th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chayka?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Chayka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chayka getting more or less common?
    More common. 293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 328 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Chayka?
    Chaika, Czajka and Cajka.