Where does
CHAN
rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
CHAN
is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
CHAN
ranks #
459
in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
CHAN
had
65,719
occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States,
CHAN
would occur an average of
24.36
times.
Race / ethnic origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the last name of
CHAN
the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
2.72 percent, or 1,788 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
0.54 percent, or 355 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
91.01 percent, or 59,811 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
0.04 percent, or 26 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
2.82 percent, or 1,853 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
2.87 percent, or 1,886 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignificant"
The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.
All data is derived from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.