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    The surname Chitwood

    A surname, carried by 6,461 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C330

    Chitwood: #5,386 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chitwood #5,386, 6,461 people Chitwood: #5,386 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chitwood #5,386, 6,461 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chitwood is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Chetwode.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,461 people named Chitwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,786 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,324.

    #5,386
    rank among US surnames
    6,461
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,093)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,377Newhouse6,47147,712
    #5,378Campo6,47047,720
    #5,379Hatley6,46847,734
    #5,381Rathbun6,46747,742
    #5,382Atherton6,46647,749
    #5,383Laing6,46547,756
    #5,384Pablo6,46247,779

    Who is named Chitwood

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

    95% of people named Chitwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chitwoods

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joie Chitwood
      American racing driver (1912-1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chitwood

    Chitwood has the Soundex code C330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C330.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chitwood come from?
    Variant of Chetwode.
    How common is the surname Chitwood?
    6,461 people in the United States had the surname Chitwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,786 Americans. It ranked 5,386th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chitwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chitwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Chitwood?
    Joie Chitwood, American racing driver (1912-1988).
    Where is the surname Chitwood most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chitwood in the United States.
    Is the surname Chitwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,461 in 2010, up 2.2%.