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The CHOY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,116 6166 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 155 23194 0 3
Change since 1880 +4961 +17028 +N/A +16
Other Countries
Australia 623 2591 0.004 38
United Kingdom 167 18299 0 4
Top States for CHOY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,267 1709 0.007 67
Hawaii 537 132 0.044 443
New York 508 4501 0.003 27
New Jersey 281 4070 0.003 33
Florida 237 9299 0.001 15
Top States for CHOY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 537 132 0.044 443
California 2,267 1709 0.007 67
New Jersey 281 4070 0.003 33
New York 508 4501 0.003 27
Alaska 16 6953 0.003 26

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

Classification and Origin of CHOY

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 CHOY 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 CHOY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 358 7
Mixed Race 310 6.06
White (Caucasian) 293 5.73
Asian/Pacific 4,110 80.34
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 CHOY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CHOY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CHOY.

Similar names to CHOY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHOY.

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 CHOY

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