How common is the surname Chowning?

1,055 people in the United States had the surname Chowning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chowning?

John Chowning, American composer and inventor of FM sound synthesis.

Where is the surname Chowning most common?

Wikidata records people named Chowning in the United States.

Is the surname Chowning getting more or less common?

More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Chowning

A surname, carried by 1,055 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chowning is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,055 people named Chowning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,038.

#23,920

rank among US surnames

1,055

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,999)

Who is named Chowning

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

90% of people named Chowning identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chownings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Chowning
American composer and inventor of FM sound synthesis, born 1934

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chowning

Chowning has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

Questions

How common is the surname Chowning?: 1,055 people in the United States had the surname Chowning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chowning?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Chowning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chowning?: John Chowning, American composer and inventor of FM sound synthesis.
Where is the surname Chowning most common?: Wikidata records people named Chowning in the United States.
Is the surname Chowning getting more or less common?: More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 1.6%.