How common is the surname Child?

5,237 people in the United States had the surname Child in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,955 Americans. It ranked 6,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Child?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Child identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Child?

Julia Child, American chef, followed by Lydia Maria Child.

Where is the surname Child most common?

Wikidata records people named Child in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Child getting more or less common?

More common. 4,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,237 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Child

A surname, carried by 5,237 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Child is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,237 people named Child in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,955 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,750.

#6,483

rank among US surnames

5,237

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,479	Flory	5,243	58,887
#6,480	Esteban	5,240	58,921
#6,482	Baier	5,238	58,943
#6,483	Child	5,237	58,955
#6,484	Broom	5,236	58,966

Who is named Child

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

85% of people named Child identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Childs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julia Child
American chef, 1912–2004
Lydia Maria Child
American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)
Francis James Child
American folklorist (1825–1896)
Lincoln Child
American writer (born 1957)
Lauren Child
Author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle i, born 1965
Richard Washburn Child
American diplomat, 1881–1935

Notable Childs come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Childe
Chill

Child has the Soundex code C430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C430.

Questions

How common is the surname Child?: 5,237 people in the United States had the surname Child in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,955 Americans. It ranked 6,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Child?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Child identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Child?: Julia Child, American chef, followed by Lydia Maria Child.
Where is the surname Child most common?: Wikidata records people named Child in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Child getting more or less common?: More common. 4,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,237 in 2010, up 10%.
What are other spellings of Child?: Childe and Chill.