Chisholm
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chisholm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328.