Chesholm Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Chesholm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chesholm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Chesholm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chesholm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chesholm is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chesholm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Chesholm occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Chesholm live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Chesholm is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 33 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 33 percent are found and Utah, where 33 percent are found.

Chesholm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Chesholm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chesholm last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chesholm
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