Chismar

English

Etymology

Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Čižmář, or Carpathian Rusyn and Serbo-Croatian Čižmar, all occupational surnames for a shoemaker, from the noun čižma (“boot”).

Proper noun

Chismar (plural Chismars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chismar is the 40976^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Chismar is most common among White (96.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chismar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328.