Chisholm

English

Alternative forms

• Chisolm

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪz.əm/

• Audio (Scotland):

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Proper noun

Chisholm (countable and uncountable, plural Chisholms)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
3. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
4. A town in Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chisholm is the 2878^th 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.