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    The surname Chilcott

    An English place surname, carried by 658 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C423

    Chilcott: #34,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chilcott #34,427, 658 people Chilcott: #34,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chilcott #34,427, 658 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chilcott is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).

    Chilcott 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 658 people named Chilcott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 469,218 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 635.

    #34,427
    rank among US surnames
    658
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #33,830)

    Who is named Chilcott

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

    93% of people named Chilcott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chilcotts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George M. Chilcott
      American politician (1828-1891)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Chilcutt

    Surnames that sound like Chilcott

    Chilcott has the Soundex code C423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C423.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chilcott come from?
    Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).
    How common is the surname Chilcott?
    658 people in the United States had the surname Chilcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 469,218 Americans. It ranked 34,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chilcott?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chilcott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chilcott?
    George M. Chilcott, American politician (1828-1891).
    Where is the surname Chilcott most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chilcott in the United States.
    What type of surname is Chilcott?
    Chilcott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chilcott getting more or less common?
    More common. 635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 658 in 2010, up 3.6%.
    What are other spellings of Chilcott?
    Chilcutt.