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    The surname Chun

    A Korean surname, carried by 13,141 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tʃən/ 1 syllable Soundex C500

    Chun: #2,740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chun #2,740, 13,141 people Chun: #2,740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chun #2,740, 13,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chun is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 전 (Jeon), derived from 全 or 田.

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,141 people named Chun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,495 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,154.

    #2,740
    rank among US surnames
    13,141
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,967)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,731Lyle13,19223,404
    #2,732Scales13,19023,408
    #2,733Segovia13,18223,422
    #2,734Burleson13,17623,432
    #2,735Chiu13,17423,436
    #2,736Witherspoon13,17123,441
    #2,737Barfield13,16523,452

    Who is named Chun

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

    81% of people named Chun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.3% as two or more races and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
    • Two or more races 8.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

    Famous Chuns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Chun
      American actor, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Chun

    Chun has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chun come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 전 (Jeon), derived from 全 or 田.
    How common is the surname Chun?
    13,141 people in the United States had the surname Chun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,495 Americans. It ranked 2,740th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chun?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Chun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Chun?
    Charles Chun, American actor.
    Where is the surname Chun most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chun in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Chun?
    Chun is /tʃən/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Chun getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,141 in 2010, up 18%.
    What are other spellings of Chun?
    Jeon.