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The surname Chronister

A surname, carried by 3,205 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C652

Chronister: #10,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chronister #10,050, 3,205 people Chronister: #10,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chronister #10,050, 3,205 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chronister is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,205 people named Chronister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,123.

#10,050
rank among US surnames
3,205
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+2.6%
change since 2000 (was #9,550)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,041Caster3,20896,242
#10,044Lieb3,20796,272
#10,046Pound3,20696,302
#10,050Dasher3,20596,332
#10,059Wesolowski3,20496,363

Who is named Chronister

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

94% of people named Chronister identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chronister

Chronister has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

Questions

How common is the surname Chronister?
3,205 people in the United States had the surname Chronister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chronister?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chronister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Chronister getting more or less common?
More common. 3,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, up 2.6%.