Explore the Family Name Chunn

The meaning of Chunn

1. English: unexplained. 2. Possibly an altered form of German Tschann, from a short form of Johannes. 3. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 陳, see Chen 1.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Chunn has slightly declined in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname Chunn ranked 12,654th in terms of prevalence and it fell to the 12,850th spot in 2010, a decline of 1.55%. Despite this, the absolute count of people bearing the Chunn surname increased from 2,242 in 2000 to 2,396 in 2010, a growth rate of 6.87%. However, when considering proportion per 100,000 people, there was a 2.41% decrease over the ten-year span.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,654	#12,850	-1.55%
Count	2,242	2,396	6.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.83	0.81	-2.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chunn

In regard to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes in the distribution among those with the Chunn surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders and individuals identifying as two or more races increased by 52.61% and 56.46% respectively. Meanwhile, the proportion of white individuals decreased by 4.36%, and those identifying as Black saw a minor decrease of 1.25%. The data also shows an emergence of Hispanic identity, which wasn't recorded in 2000 but represented 2.09% in 2010. Similarly, American Indian and Alaskan Native identity appeared in 2010 at 0.54%, whereas it wasn't present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	68.64%	65.65%	-4.36%
Black	25.65%	25.33%	-1.25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.68%	4.09%	52.61%
Two or More Races	1.47%	2.3%	56.46%
Hispanic	0%	2.09%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.54%	0%