The surname Chisum
A surname, carried by 1,747 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C250
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,747 people named Chisum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,665.
Who is named Chisum
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Chisum identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Famous Chisums
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- John ChisumAmerican businessman, rancher (1824–1884)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Chisum
Chisum has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.
Questions
- How common is the surname Chisum?
- 1,747 people in the United States had the surname Chisum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. It ranked 16,457th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chisum?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Chisum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Chisum?
- John Chisum, American businessman, rancher (1824–1884).
- Where is the surname Chisum most common?
- Wikidata records people named Chisum in the United States.
- Is the surname Chisum getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,747 in 2010, up 4.9%.