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    The surname Chica

    A surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C200

    Chica: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chica #21,736, 1,197 people Chica: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chica #21,736, 1,197 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chica is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,197 people named Chica in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 947.

    #21,736
    rank among US surnames
    1,197
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,701)

    Who is named Chica

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

    93% of people named Chica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chica

    Chica has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chica?
    1,197 people in the United States had the surname Chica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chica?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chica getting more or less common?
    More common. 947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 26%.