# Chinchilla (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chinchilla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,561 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,165 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 86,702 people |
| Change since 2000 | +70% (2,094 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Chinchilla. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chinchilla in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chinchilla in Costa Rica.

## People named Chinchilla

- Laura Chinchilla, 46th President of Costa Rica

## Similar surnames

Conklin, Council, Canchola, Chancellor, Cancel, Canizales, Conkle, Coniglio, Cansler, Cangelosi, Congleton, Conkling.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.