Explore the Family Name Chronis

The meaning of Chronis

Greek: from a short form of the personal name Polychronis, Polychronios, an omen or well-wishing name meaning ‘(may he be) long lived’ (from poly ‘much, many’ + chronos ‘time, year’). Some characteristic forenames: Greek Aristotle, Eleni, Kyriakos, Stavros.

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How common is the last name Chronis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Chronis has seen a slight decrease in popularity over the years. In 2000, it ranked 46,678 in popularity and had a count of 429 people with that surname. However, by 2010 its rank had dropped to 49,636 with a count of 423, marking a change of -6.34 in rank and -1.4 in count. Similarly, the proportion of people named Chronis per 100k also decreased from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010, a drop of 12.5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,678	#49,636	-6.34%
Count	429	423	-1.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chronis

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Chronis, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, there have been some changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 87.41% of individuals with the surname identified as White, dropping slightly to 85.11% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic increased from 10.26% to 13.00% over the decade. Meanwhile, the percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races went from 2.10% in 2000 to none reported in 2010. There were no reports of individuals with the Chronis surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.41%	85.11%	-2.63%
Hispanic	10.26%	13%	26.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.1%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%