How common is the surname Chestnut?

7,924 people in the United States had the surname Chestnut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,963 Americans. It ranked 4,478th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chestnut?

Morris Chestnut, American actor, followed by Joey Chestnut.

Where is the surname Chestnut most common?

Wikidata records people named Chestnut in the United States.

Is the surname Chestnut getting more or less common?

More common. 7,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,924 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Chestnut

A surname, carried by 7,924 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chestnut is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,924 people named Chestnut in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,963 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,772.

#4,478

rank among US surnames

7,924

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,220)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,469	Fellows	7,948	38,846
#4,470	Blythe	7,947	38,851
#4,471	Urias	7,941	38,880
#4,472	Haddock	7,940	38,885
#4,473	Appel	7,938	38,895
#4,474	Rupert	7,936	38,904
#4,475	McInnis	7,933	38,919

Who is named Chestnut

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

56% of people named Chestnut identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chestnuts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Morris Chestnut
American actor, born 1969
Joey Chestnut
American competitive eater and reality show contestant, born 1983
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Chestnut

Chasteen

Chestnut has the Soundex code C235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C235.

Questions

How common is the surname Chestnut?: 7,924 people in the United States had the surname Chestnut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,963 Americans. It ranked 4,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chestnut?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Chestnut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chestnut?: Morris Chestnut, American actor, followed by Joey Chestnut.
Where is the surname Chestnut most common?: Wikidata records people named Chestnut in the United States.
Is the surname Chestnut getting more or less common?: More common. 7,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,924 in 2010, up 2.0%.