How common is the surname Chouinard?

3,362 people in the United States had the surname Chouinard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chouinard?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chouinard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chouinard?

Yvon Chouinard, American mountain climber (1938-).

Where is the surname Chouinard most common?

Wikidata records people named Chouinard in the United States.

Is the surname Chouinard getting more or less common?

More common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Chouinard

A French surname, carried by 3,362 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C563

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chouinard is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Chouinard.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,362 people named Chouinard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,251.

#9,652

rank among US surnames

3,362

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,643	Azar	3,365	91,752
#9,646	Bash	3,364	91,779
#9,648	Rode	3,363	91,807
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834
#9,658	Durrett	3,361	91,861
#9,661	Hellman	3,360	91,889

Who is named Chouinard

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

95% of people named Chouinard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chouinards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yvon Chouinard
American mountain climber (1938-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chouinard

Conard

Chouinard has the Soundex code C563, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C563.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chouinard come from?: From French Chouinard.
How common is the surname Chouinard?: 3,362 people in the United States had the surname Chouinard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chouinard?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chouinard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chouinard?: Yvon Chouinard, American mountain climber (1938-).
Where is the surname Chouinard most common?: Wikidata records people named Chouinard in the United States.
Is the surname Chouinard getting more or less common?: More common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 3.4%.