Chun

12,893 people in the United States were counted with the surname Chun in the 2020 census, making it the 2,727th most common in the country. That is about one person in 23,200.

By the numbers

People: 12,893
Rank: 2,727th
How common: 1 in 23,200
Per 100,000: 4.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Chun described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 79.4%
Hispanic or Latino 8.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 8.1%
White, not Hispanic 3.8%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.08%

Notable people called Chun

Carl Chun (1852–1914)German zoologist
Wu Chun (born 1979)Bruneian actor and singer
Clarissa Chun (born 1981)American sport wrestler
Paul Chun (born 1945)Hong Kong actor
Chen Chun (1483–1544)Chinese artist
Charles Chun (born 1967)American actor
Ip Chun (born 1924)Wing Chun practitioner
Cao Chun (174–210)Chinese Han dynasty military officer

People named Chun with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Chun

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.