Chisholm
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English
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Etymology
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).
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Proper noun
Chisholm (countable and uncountable, plural Chisholms)
- A surname from Old English.
- A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chisholm is the 2878th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12503 individuals. Chisholm is most common among White (65.08%) and Black/African American (28.51%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chisholm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328.