How common is the surname Chewning?

2,493 people in the United States had the surname Chewning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,845 Americans. It ranked 12,452nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chewning getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,493 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Chewning

A surname, carried by 2,493 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chewning is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,493 people named Chewning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,845 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,570.

#12,452

rank among US surnames

2,493

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #11,287)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944

Who is named Chewning

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

94% of people named Chewning identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chewning

Chewning has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

Questions

How common is the surname Chewning?: 2,493 people in the United States had the surname Chewning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,845 Americans. It ranked 12,452nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chewning?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chewning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chewning getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,493 in 2010, down 3.0%.