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    The surname Chinnery

    A Norman place surname, carried by 303 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C560

    Chinnery: #65,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chinnery #65,424, 303 people Chinnery: #65,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chinnery #65,424, 303 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chinnery is more common than 59.7% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    A habitational surname from the town of Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Normandy, named after Céneri, an Italian monk who founded a monastery and church the what is the town.

    Chinnery is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 303 people named Chinnery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,018,962 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 260.

    #65,424
    rank among US surnames
    303
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #70,273)

    Who is named Chinnery

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

    56% of people named Chinnery identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 5.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Chinnerys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Chinnery
      British artist (1774-1852)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chinnery

    Chinnery has the Soundex code C560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C560.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chinnery come from?
    A habitational surname from the town of Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Normandy, named after Céneri, an Italian monk who founded a monastery and church the what is the town.
    How common is the surname Chinnery?
    303 people in the United States had the surname Chinnery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,018,962 Americans. It ranked 65,424th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chinnery?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Chinnery identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chinnery?
    George Chinnery, British artist (1774-1852).
    Where is the surname Chinnery most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chinnery in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    What type of surname is Chinnery?
    Chinnery is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chinnery getting more or less common?
    More common. 260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 303 in 2010, up 17%.