Chickering Surname

327,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname

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

Chickering Surname Definition:

(Cornish British) Local. The stone house, a house on a rock, a fortress; from chi, a house, and cairne, a rock or stones.

Chickering Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1261:321,90029,332
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3981:126,17812,177

Chickering Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Cornish British) Local. The stone house, a house on a rock, a fortress; from chi, a house, and cairne, a rock or stones.

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

Chickering Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Chickering? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 327,420th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,426,407 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Chickering live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,126 people, or 1 in 321,900. In The United States Chickering is most prevalent in: Massachusetts, where 13 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 12 percent are found and Iowa, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 percent are found.

Chickering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Chickering has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 283 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Chickering Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Chickering are 5.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

Chickering earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $43,229 USD per year.

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