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    The surname Chisholm

    An English place surname, carried by 12,503 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈtʃɪz.əm/ 2 syllables Soundex C245

    Chisholm: #2,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chisholm #2,878, 12,503 people Chisholm: #2,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chisholm #2,878, 12,503 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chisholm is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).

    Chisholm 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 12,503 people named Chisholm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,694 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,027.

    #2,878
    rank among US surnames
    12,503
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,752)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654
    #2,875Wheatley12,52024,660

    Who is named Chisholm

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

    65% of people named Chisholm identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chisholms

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sallie W. Chisholm
      American oceanographer, marine biologist, born 1947
    • Roderick Chisholm
      American philosopher and logician (1916–1999)
    • Tanya Chisholm
      American actress, born 1983
    • Erik Chisholm
      20th century Scottish composer and conductor (1904–1965)
    • Caroline Chisholm
      19th century English humanitarian who provided support for immigrant females in Australia, 1808–1877
    • Linda Chisholm
      American volleyball player, born 1957
    • Anthony Chisholm
      American actor (1943–2020)
    • Mark Chisholm
      Australian rugby union player, born 1981
    • Bridget Bate Tichenor
      British-American artist, surrealist painter, fashion editor (1917–1990)

    Notable Chisholms come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Chisholm

    Chisholm has the Soundex code C245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C245.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chisholm come from?
    Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).
    How common is the surname Chisholm?
    12,503 people in the United States had the surname Chisholm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,694 Americans. It ranked 2,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chisholm?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Chisholm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chisholm?
    Sallie W. Chisholm, American oceanographer, marine biologist, followed by Roderick Chisholm.
    Where is the surname Chisholm most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chisholm in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Chisholm?
    Chisholm is /ˈtʃɪz.əm/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Chisholm?
    Chisholm is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chisholm getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,503 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Chisholm?
    Chisolm.