How common is the surname Chretien?

1,432 people in the United States had the surname Chretien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chretien getting more or less common?

More common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, up 2.3%.

Is Chretien also a first name?

Yes. Chretien is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Chretien

A surname, carried by 1,432 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chretien is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,432 people named Chretien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,400.

#19,019

rank among US surnames

1,432

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,012	McGuffey	1,433	215,454
#19,019	Whitty	1,432	215,604
#19,027	Euceda	1,431	215,755

Who is named Chretien

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

69% of people named Chretien identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.2%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Chretien

Curtin

Chretien has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Questions

How common is the surname Chretien?: 1,432 people in the United States had the surname Chretien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chretien?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Chretien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chretien getting more or less common?: More common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, up 2.3%.
Is Chretien also a first name?: Yes. Chretien is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.