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    The surname Cherian

    A surname, carried by 2,061 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Cherian: #14,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cherian #14,485, 2,061 people Cherian: #14,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cherian #14,485, 2,061 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cherian is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,061 people named Cherian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,804 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,393.

    #14,485
    rank among US surnames
    2,061
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48%
    change since 2000 (was #18,345)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,478Kelson2,062149,731
    #14,485Garten2,061149,804
    #14,489Freels2,060149,876
    #14,492Stiefel2,059149,949

    Who is named Cherian

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

    92% of people named Cherian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cherian

    Cherian 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 Cherian?
    2,061 people in the United States had the surname Cherian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,804 Americans. It ranked 14,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cherian?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cherian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cherian getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,061 in 2010, up 48%.