The surname Chokshi
A Marathi surname, carried by 1,131 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C200
Origin
Marathi origin
Borrowed from Marathi चोक्सी (coksī).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,131 people named Chokshi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 735.
Who is named Chokshi
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Chokshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Chokshis
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Roshani ChokshiAmerican novelist, born 1991
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Chokshi
Chokshi has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.
Questions
- Where does the surname Chokshi come from?
- Borrowed from Marathi चोक्सी (coksī).
- How common is the surname Chokshi?
- 1,131 people in the United States had the surname Chokshi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chokshi?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chokshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Chokshi?
- Roshani Chokshi, American novelist.
- Where is the surname Chokshi most common?
- Wikidata records people named Chokshi in the United States.
- Is the surname Chokshi getting more or less common?
- More common. 735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, up 54%.