How common is the surname Channing?

494 people in the United States had the surname Channing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. It ranked 43,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Channing?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Channing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Channing?

Carol Channing, American actress (1921–2019), followed by Stockard Channing.

Where is the surname Channing most common?

Wikidata records people named Channing in the United States.

How do you pronounce Channing?

Channing is /ˈt͡ʃænɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Channing getting more or less common?

Less common. 527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 494 in 2010, down 6.3%.

Is Channing also a first name?

Yes. Channing is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Channing

A surname, carried by 494 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃænɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex C552 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Channing is more common than 73.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 494 people named Channing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 527.

#43,651

rank among US surnames

494

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #39,304)

Who is named Channing

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

89% of people named Channing identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Channings

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carol Channing
American actress (1921–2019)
Stockard Channing
American actress (born 1944)
William Ellery Channing
American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)
Chad Channing
American musician, born 1967
Edward Channing
American historian (1856–1931)
William Ellery Channing
American writer and poet (1818–1901)
William Francis Channing
American activist, physician and inventor, 1820–1901

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Channing

Channing has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

Questions

How common is the surname Channing?: 494 people in the United States had the surname Channing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. It ranked 43,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Channing?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Channing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Channing?: Carol Channing, American actress (1921–2019), followed by Stockard Channing.
Where is the surname Channing most common?: Wikidata records people named Channing in the United States.
How do you pronounce Channing?: Channing is /ˈt͡ʃænɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Channing getting more or less common?: Less common. 527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 494 in 2010, down 6.3%.
Is Channing also a first name?: Yes. Channing is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.