Chessnut Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

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

Chessnut Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chessnut Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Chessnut Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chessnut is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chessnut? popularity and diffusion

Chessnut is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Chessnut live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 40 percent live, Arkansas, where 20 percent live and New York, where 20 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live.

Chessnut Last Name Statistics demography

Chessnut earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chessnutt945/
Chesnut934,900/
Chesnutt881,400/
Chesnute881/
Cesnut860/
Chesnutte828/
Chesnault821/
Chesnot80484/
Cesneut8016/
Chesnau807/
Chesnup801/
Chesneu801/
Shesnut801/
Chasnut800/
Chisnut800/
Hesnault75222/
Chesnaux7575/
Chesnaud7549/
Chessnoe7526/
Chesnott752/
Chisnu7133/
Cesnot712/
Hesnou712/
Shesnu711/
Kesnut710/
Hesnaux6741/
Sheshnu671/

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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 Chessnut
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