How common is the surname Chumley?

3,022 people in the United States had the surname Chumley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,166 Americans. It ranked 10,598th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chumley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,022 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Chumley

A surname, carried by 3,022 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chumley is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡ʃʌmliː/. Cf. Chimley and Chulmleigh.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,022 people named Chumley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,166 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,003.

#10,598

rank among US surnames

3,022

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,909)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,589	Stgeorge	3,026	102,031
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267

Who is named Chumley

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

91% of people named Chumley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chumley

Chumley has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

Questions

Where does the surname Chumley come from?: A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡ʃʌmliː/. Cf. Chimley and Chulmleigh.
How common is the surname Chumley?: 3,022 people in the United States had the surname Chumley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,166 Americans. It ranked 10,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chumley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chumley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chumley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,022 in 2010, up 0.6%.