How common is the surname Champagne?

12,023 people in the United States had the surname Champagne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,680 Americans. It ranked 2,982nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Champagne?

Nereo Champagne, Argentine footballer.

Where is the surname Champagne most common?

Wikidata records people named Champagne in Argentina.

Is the surname Champagne getting more or less common?

More common. 11,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,023 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Champagne

A French surname, carried by 12,023 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Champagne is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,023 people named Champagne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,680 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,369.

#2,982

rank among US surnames

12,023

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,973	Reinhardt	12,057	25,607
#2,974	Sam	12,053	25,616
#2,975	Guo	12,048	25,626
#2,976	Littlejohn	12,047	25,628
#2,977	Carlin	12,035	25,654
#2,978	Kimbrough	12,034	25,656
#2,979	Low	12,032	25,660

Who is named Champagne

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Champagne identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Champagnes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nereo Champagne
Argentine footballer, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shampine

Surnames that sound like Champagne

Campagna

Champagne has the Soundex code C512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C512.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Champagne come from?: Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.
How common is the surname Champagne?: 12,023 people in the United States had the surname Champagne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,680 Americans. It ranked 2,982nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Champagne?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Champagne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Champagne?: Nereo Champagne, Argentine footballer.
Where is the surname Champagne most common?: Wikidata records people named Champagne in Argentina.
Is the surname Champagne getting more or less common?: More common. 11,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,023 in 2010, up 5.8%.
What are other spellings of Champagne?: Shampine.