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    The surname Chorba

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 656 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C610

    Chorba: #34,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chorba #34,495, 656 people Chorba: #34,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chorba #34,495, 656 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chorba is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Altered spelling of Hungarian Csorba, from csorba (“gap-toothed”). Also Americanized from Slovak and Serbo-Croatian Čorba, from the noun čorba (“soup, chowder”).

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 656 people named Chorba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 671.

    #34,495
    rank among US surnames
    656
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,338)

    Who is named Chorba

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

    97% of people named Chorba identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chorba

    Chorba has the Soundex code C610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C610.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chorba come from?
    Altered spelling of Hungarian Csorba, from csorba (“gap-toothed”). Also Americanized from Slovak and Serbo-Croatian Čorba, from the noun čorba (“soup, chowder”).
    How common is the surname Chorba?
    656 people in the United States had the surname Chorba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. It ranked 34,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chorba?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Chorba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chorba getting more or less common?
    Less common. 671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 656 in 2010, down 2.2%.