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    The surname Chiasson

    A French surname, carried by 3,499 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C250

    Chiasson: #9,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chiasson #9,301, 3,499 people Chiasson: #9,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chiasson #9,301, 3,499 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chiasson is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Chiasson.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,499 people named Chiasson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,238 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,399.

    #9,301
    rank among US surnames
    3,499
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #8,861)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,293Slusser3,50288,163
    #9,297Shamblin3,50188,188
    #9,298Spitz3,50088,213
    #9,301Robillard3,49988,238
    #9,307Amoroso3,49888,263

    Who is named Chiasson

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

    96% of people named Chiasson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chiasson

    Chiasson has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chiasson come from?
    From French Chiasson.
    How common is the surname Chiasson?
    3,499 people in the United States had the surname Chiasson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,238 Americans. It ranked 9,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chiasson?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chiasson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chiasson getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,399 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,499 in 2010, up 2.9%.