The CHOU surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	7,885	4163	0.003	29
United States (1880 census)	28	65283	0	1
Change since 1880	+7857	+61120	+N/A	+28
Other Countries
Australia	320	4921	0.002	20
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for CHOU by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	3,624	752	0.011	107
New York	753	2132	0.004	40
Texas	526	3706	0.003	25
New Jersey	439	1823	0.005	52
Washington	277	2307	0.005	47
Top States for CHOU by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	3,624	752	0.011	107
New Jersey	439	1823	0.005	52
Washington	277	2307	0.005	47
Massachusetts	274	2793	0.004	43
New York	753	2132	0.004	40

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

Classification and Origin of CHOU

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 CHOU 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 CHOU in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	181	2.3
White (Caucasian)	132	1.67
White (Hispanic)	71	0.9
Asian/Pacific	7,485	94.93
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

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

Similar names to CHOU

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHOU.

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.