The CHAU surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	13,238	2498	0.005	49
United States (1880 census)	35	59208	0	1
Change since 1880	+13203	+56710	+N/A	+48
Other Countries
Australia	2,113	765	0.013	129
United Kingdom	505	8806	0.001	11

Top States for CHAU by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	5,612	647	0.017	166
New York	1,126	1873	0.006	59
Texas	951	2785	0.005	46
Washington	578	1440	0.010	98
Massachusetts	551	1885	0.009	87
Top States for CHAU by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	5,612	647	0.017	166
Nevada	196	1359	0.010	98
Washington	578	1440	0.010	98
Massachusetts	551	1885	0.009	87
New York	1,126	1873	0.006	59

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

Classification and Origin of CHAU

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 CHAU 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 CHAU in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	334	2.52
White (Caucasian)	209	1.58
White (Hispanic)	200	1.51
Black/African American	26	0.2
Asian/Pacific	12,460	94.12
Native American/Alaskan	11	0.08

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

Similar names to CHAU

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHAU.

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.