How common is the surname Chilson?

3,140 people in the United States had the surname Chilson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,327 Americans. It ranked 10,265th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chilson?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Chilson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Chilson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,140 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Chilson

A surname, carried by 3,140 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chilson is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,140 people named Chilson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,327 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,943.

#10,265

rank among US surnames

3,140

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,097)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,257	Moffat	3,143	98,233
#10,258	Villagrana	3,142	98,264
#10,260	Schoch	3,141	98,295
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389

Who is named Chilson

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

92% of people named Chilson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chilson

Chilson has the Soundex code C425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C425.

Questions

How common is the surname Chilson?: 3,140 people in the United States had the surname Chilson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,327 Americans. It ranked 10,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chilson?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Chilson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Chilson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,140 in 2010, up 6.7%.