Chichester is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chichester
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning: From the city of Chichester, Sussex, England, whose Saxon name was Cissanceaster. That came from Cissa, the son od Aella, who settled the kingdom of the South-Saxons and ceaster or chester, a city, from castrum, a Roman station

How popular is Chichester?

Chichester is common in United States.

Chichester is ranked 123215 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Chichester bearers increased by 3.403756 per cent in 2010 US census to 1762 since 2000, the surname slipped by 618 spots and ranked at 16349. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.89 79.28
Black 19.92 16.02
Hispanic or Latino 3.06 1.64
Others 1.76 1.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.02 1.12
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.35
Chichester is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Guyana. Around 3238 people have been found who wears Chichester as their family name. Chichester is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
874 Grenada9
153,990 Australia7
119,730 Brazil3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
5,671 Guatemala2
405 British Virgin Islands2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
897,276 Russia1
29,774 Venezuela1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
29,046 Japan1
17,575 Kuwait1
56,169 Mexico1
81,201 Switzerland1
120,357 Argentina1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
110,032 Canada23
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,740 Trinidad and Tobago54
Countries with hundreds of Chichester:
15,738 England360
425 Guyana331
2,197 Wales181
Countries with thousands of Chichester:
15,070 United States2,235
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Chichester Namesakes

  • Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester, British Politician
  • Richard Chichester du Pont, Businessman
  • James Chichester-Clark, Member of Parliament
  • Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet, of Arlington Court, Politician
  • Robin Chichester-Clark, Member of Parliament
  • Richard of Chichester, Saint
  • Richard of Chichester, Saint
  • Giles Chichester, British Politician
  • Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester, Politician
  • Henry Manners Chichester, Author

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