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The CHALLIS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 732 30199 0 3
United States (1880 census) 192 19933 0 4
Change since 1880 +540 -10266 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 531 3036 0.003 32
United Kingdom 2,928 2110 0.006 64
Top States for CHALLIS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Oklahoma 81 5031 0.002 23
Texas 71 19110 0.000 3
California 58 35159 0.000 2
Colorado 48 10391 0.001 11
Utah 42 5445 0.002 19
Top States for CHALLIS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Oklahoma 81 5031 0.002 23
Utah 42 5445 0.002 19
Colorado 48 10391 0.001 11
Oregon 31 12780 0.001 9
Idaho 11 13907 0.001 9

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of CHALLIS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CHALLIS 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.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CHALLIS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CHALLIS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 695 94.95
Native American/Alaskan 12 1.64
Mixed Race 11 1.5
Asian/Pacific 7 0.96
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of CHALLIS in historical publications

A cup or bowl; taken perhaps from the sign of a house or shop.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


CHALLIS. CHALLICE. Probably from Chalus in Guienue, memorable for the death of Coeur de Lion. De Chales. H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to CHALLIS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHALLIS.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CHALLIS

The following words are slight variants of CHALLIS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.