Last Name CHICHESTER

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Meaning Local: Of Chichester, a city and market-town in the county Sussex.
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.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 15,731 (2000 US census) 14,953 (1990 US census)
Count 1,704 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 79.28%, or 1351 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.02%, or 273 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.12%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.64%, or 28 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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