Last Name CHESSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Chesham,a natural variant. Chesham is a market-town and parish in county Bucks, three miles from Amersham.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 15,815 (2000 US census) 8,847 (1990 US census)
Count 1,690 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 66.27%, or 1120 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 29.11%, or 492 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.6%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.49%, or 42 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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