How common is the surname Chesbrough?

341 people in the United States had the surname Chesbrough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 905,412 Americans. It ranked 59,324th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chesbrough?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chesbrough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chesbrough?

Henry Chesbrough, American business theorist.

Where is the surname Chesbrough most common?

Wikidata records people named Chesbrough in the United States.

Is the surname Chesbrough getting more or less common?

Less common. 364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 341 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Chesbrough

An English place surname, carried by 341 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chesbrough is more common than 63.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, possibly from Old English cis (“gravel”) + burg (“fortress, castle”).

Chesbrough is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 341 people named Chesbrough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 905,412 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 364.

#59,324

rank among US surnames

341

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #53,299)

Who is named Chesbrough

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

96% of people named Chesbrough identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chesbroughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Chesbrough
American business theorist, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Chesbro

Chesbrough has the Soundex code C216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C216.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chesbrough come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, possibly from Old English cis (“gravel”) + burg (“fortress, castle”).
How common is the surname Chesbrough?: 341 people in the United States had the surname Chesbrough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 905,412 Americans. It ranked 59,324th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chesbrough?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chesbrough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chesbrough?: Henry Chesbrough, American business theorist.
Where is the surname Chesbrough most common?: Wikidata records people named Chesbrough in the United States.
What type of surname is Chesbrough?: Chesbrough is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Chesbrough getting more or less common?: Less common. 364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 341 in 2010, down 6.3%.
What are other spellings of Chesbrough?: Chesbro.