The CHEW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	8,516	3831	0.003	32
United States (1880 census)	1,932	3061	0.004	39
Change since 1880	+6584	-770	-0.001	-7
Other Countries
Australia	867	1895	0.005	53
United Kingdom	1,716	3351	0.004	37

Top States for CHEW by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,636	1285	0.008	78
New York	532	3763	0.003	28
New Jersey	516	1852	0.006	61
Texas	452	4802	0.002	22
Maryland	402	1596	0.008	76
Top States for CHEW by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,636	1285	0.008	78
Maryland	402	1596	0.008	76
Washington DC	39	1590	0.007	68
Hawaii	79	1370	0.007	65
New Jersey	516	1852	0.006	61

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CHEW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CHEW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CHEW in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CHEW by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CHEW

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CHEW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CHEW in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	266	3.12
White (Hispanic)	234	2.75
Native American/Alaskan	45	0.53
Asian/Pacific	3,403	39.96
White (Caucasian)	3,357	39.42
Black/African American	1,211	14.22

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CHEW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to CHEW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHEW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.