How common is the surname Cheramie?

2,172 people in the United States had the surname Cheramie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cheramie?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cheramie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Cheramie getting more or less common?

More common. 1,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Cheramie

A surname, carried by 2,172 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheramie is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,172 people named Cheramie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,993.

#13,903

rank among US surnames

2,172

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #13,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,903	Montesinos	2,172	142,148
#13,911	Forcier	2,171	142,214

Who is named Cheramie

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

95% of people named Cheramie identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%

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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Surnames that sound like Cheramie

Cheramie has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

How common is the surname Cheramie?: 2,172 people in the United States had the surname Cheramie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheramie?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cheramie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Cheramie getting more or less common?: More common. 1,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 9.0%.