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    The surname Chismar

    An occupational surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C256

    Chismar: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chismar #40,976, 532 people Chismar: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chismar #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chismar is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Čižmář, or Carpathian Rusyn and Serbo-Croatian Čižmar, all occupational surnames for a shoemaker, from the noun čižma (“boot”).

    Chismar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Chismar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 506.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,690)

    Who is named Chismar

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

    96% of people named Chismar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chismar come from?
    Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Čižmář, or Carpathian Rusyn and Serbo-Croatian Čižmar, all occupational surnames for a shoemaker, from the noun čižma (“boot”).
    How common is the surname Chismar?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Chismar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chismar?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chismar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Chismar?
    Chismar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Chismar getting more or less common?
    More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, up 5.1%.