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    The surname Champney

    A French surname, carried by 860 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C515

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Champney is more common than 82.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Old French champeneis, an ethnic surname for someone from Champagne, in France.

    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 860 people named Champney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,006 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 784.

    #27,898
    rank among US surnames
    860
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #28,617)

    Who is named Champney

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

    94% of people named Champney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Champney

    Champney has the Soundex code C515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C515.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Champney come from?
    From Old French champeneis, an ethnic surname for someone from Champagne, in France.
    How common is the surname Champney?
    860 people in the United States had the surname Champney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,006 Americans. It ranked 27,898th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Champney?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Champney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Champney getting more or less common?
    More common. 784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 860 in 2010, up 9.7%.