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    The surname Choate

    A surname, carried by 11,372 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C300

    Choate: #3,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Choate #3,179, 11,372 people Choate: #3,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Choate #3,179, 11,372 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Choate is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,372 people named Choate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,150 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,051.

    #3,179
    rank among US surnames
    11,372
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,002)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,170Gossett11,38927,109
    #3,171Causey11,38727,114
    #3,173Roush11,38627,116
    #3,174Zamudio11,38427,121
    #3,175Mancini11,38227,126
    #3,176Withers11,38127,128
    #3,177Sisson11,38027,131

    Who is named Choate

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

    90% of people named Choate identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Choates

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rufus Choate
      American politician (1799–1859)
    • Tim Choate
      American actor (1954-2004)
    • Joseph Hodges Choate
      American lawyer and diplomat (1832–1917)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Choate

    Choate has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Choate?
    11,372 people in the United States had the surname Choate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,150 Americans. It ranked 3,179th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Choate?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Choate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Choate?
    Rufus Choate, American politician (1799–1859), followed by Tim Choate.
    Where is the surname Choate most common?
    Wikidata records people named Choate in the United States.
    Is the surname Choate getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,372 in 2010, up 2.9%.