How common is the surname Chenoweth?

4,673 people in the United States had the surname Chenoweth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,070 Americans. It ranked 7,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chenoweth?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chenoweth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chenoweth?

Kristin Chenoweth, American singer,actress, author (born 1968), followed by Erica Chenoweth.

Where is the surname Chenoweth most common?

Wikidata records people named Chenoweth in the United States.

How do you pronounce Chenoweth?

Chenoweth is /t͡ʃɪˈnəʊ.ɪθ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Chenoweth getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,673 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Chenoweth

A Cornish surname, carried by 4,673 people in the United States.

Pronounced /t͡ʃɪˈnəʊ.ɪθ/ 3 syllables Soundex C530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chenoweth is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Cornish origin

From Cornish chi (“house”) + nowydh (“new”).

One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,673 people named Chenoweth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,070 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,699.

#7,160

rank among US surnames

4,673

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,638)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,153	Bang	4,676	66,028
#7,155	Sain	4,675	66,042
#7,157	Enciso	4,674	66,056
#7,160	Nasser	4,673	66,070
#7,162	Marcial	4,670	66,113
#7,164	Arzola	4,669	66,127

Who is named Chenoweth

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

94% of people named Chenoweth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chenoweths

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristin Chenoweth
American singer,actress, author (born 1968)
Erica Chenoweth
American political scientist, born 1980
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
American politician (1938-2006)
John Edgar Chenoweth
American politician (1897-1986)
Helen H. Gardener
American writer and academic (1853–1925)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Chynoweth

Chenoweth has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

Other Cornish surnames

All 18 Cornish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chenoweth come from?: From Cornish chi (“house”) + nowydh (“new”).
How common is the surname Chenoweth?: 4,673 people in the United States had the surname Chenoweth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,070 Americans. It ranked 7,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chenoweth?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chenoweth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chenoweth?: Kristin Chenoweth, American singer,actress, author (born 1968), followed by Erica Chenoweth.
Where is the surname Chenoweth most common?: Wikidata records people named Chenoweth in the United States.
How do you pronounce Chenoweth?: Chenoweth is /t͡ʃɪˈnəʊ.ɪθ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Chenoweth getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,673 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Chenoweth?: Chynoweth.