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    The surname Chui

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,420 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C000

    Chui: #19,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chui #19,138, 1,420 people Chui: #19,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chui #19,138, 1,420 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chui is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Romanization of Cantonese 崔 (ceoi1) and Hokkien 崔 (chhui). Doublet of Cui.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,420 people named Chui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,426 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,303.

    #19,138
    rank among US surnames
    1,420
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,131Byerley1,421217,273
    #19,138Dorrell1,420217,426
    #19,145Pon1,419217,580

    Who is named Chui

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

    93% of people named Chui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chui

    Chui has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chui come from?
    Romanization of Cantonese 崔 (ceoi1) and Hokkien 崔 (chhui). Doublet of Cui.
    How common is the surname Chui?
    1,420 people in the United States had the surname Chui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,426 Americans. It ranked 19,138th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chui?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chui getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,420 in 2010, up 9.0%.