Last Name CHIEM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Gaze, view.
Origin Chinese, Vietnamese

Rank 34,038 (2000 US census) 34,066 (1990 US census)
Count 631 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 0.79%, or 5 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 96.2%, or 607 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.85%, or 18 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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