How Many People Have the Last Name Christopher?
people had the surname Christopher in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,152 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+574 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Christopher (73.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Christopher ranks #902. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.7% to 73.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Christopher grew from 28,493 people in 2000 to 29,067 in 2010 (up 2%), and its rank fell from #1,124 to #1,214. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 10.56 to 9.85 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 28,493 | 29,067 |
| Rank | #1,124 | #1,214 |
| Per 100,000 people | 10.56 | 9.85 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Christopher
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Christopher: C623
👤 Christopher as a First Name
Christopher is a first name too: about 1,901,526 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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