Chichester Surname

138,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Chichester Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chichester,' a city and market-town in the County of Sussex. This surname has crossed the Atlantic, and is well represented in the States; rare in England.

1582. John Chechester, Devon, Exeter Coll.

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Chichester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3981:151,15115,537
Guyana3121:2,443445
England2381:234,10919,389
Wales1071:28,9212,968
Trinidad and Tobago551:24,8002,724
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
British Virgin Islands121:2,633313
Grenada91:12,059865
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2181:111,81410,928
Wales71:224,0598,079
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6501:77,2608,211

Chichester (21) may also be a first name.

Chichester Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chichester,' a city and market-town in the County of Sussex. This surname has crossed the Atlantic, and is well represented in the States; rare in England.

1582. John Chechester, Devon, Exeter Coll.: Register of the University of Oxford.

1670. Sir John Chichester, Bt., and Elizabeth Bickrrstaffe: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The family were ancient in Devonshire before their connection with Ireland, and the name is doubtless derived from Chichester, co. Sussex, though some genealogists assert that it is from Cirencester, co. Gloucester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From the city of Chichester, Sussex, England, whose Saxon name was Cissanceaster; from Cissa, the son of Aella, who settled the kingdom of the South—Saxons; and ceaster or Chester, a city, from castrum, a Roman station.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Chichester Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chichester (Russian: Чичестер) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chichester? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chichester is the 138,321st most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,252,719 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Chichester live; 68 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 21 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,398 people, or 1 in 151,151. In The United States Chichester is mostly found in: New York, where 20 percent reside, Virginia, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States Chichester occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 10 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Chichester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chichester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chichester surname rose 369 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 109 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,529 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Chichester Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Chichester surname are 5.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Chichester earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning $48,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.38% less than the national average, earning $43,035 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chichester Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chichester in the Russian language
Чичестерcicester-

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