How Many People Have the Last Name Chester?
people had the surname Chester in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 19,569 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+471 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Chester (66.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 27.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Chester ranks #1,794. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 68.5% to 66.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Chester grew from 14,595 people in 2000 to 15,066 in 2010 (up 3.2%), and its rank fell from #2,281 to #2,408. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.41 to 5.11 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,595 | 15,066 |
| Rank | #2,281 | #2,408 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.41 | 5.11 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Chester
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Chester: C236
👤 Chester as a First Name
Chester is a first name too: about 33,408 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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