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    The surname Chmiel

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,690 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C540

    Chmiel: #16,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chmiel #16,868, 1,690 people Chmiel: #16,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chmiel #16,868, 1,690 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chmiel is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From the Polish surname Chmiel.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,690 people named Chmiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,595.

    #16,868
    rank among US surnames
    1,690
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,571)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,860Cermak1,692182,474
    #16,864Doyal1,691182,582
    #16,868Chmiel1,690182,690
    #16,876Melnik1,689182,798

    Who is named Chmiel

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

    96% of people named Chmiel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chmiel

    Chmiel has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chmiel come from?
    From the Polish surname Chmiel.
    How common is the surname Chmiel?
    1,690 people in the United States had the surname Chmiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chmiel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chmiel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chmiel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, up 6.0%.