# Childers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/childers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,570 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,100 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (30,079 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Childers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Childers in the United States and Ireland.

## People named Childers

- Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
- Ambyr Childers, American actress
- Sam Childers, American activist
- Tyler Childers, American singer and songwriter (born 1991)
- Travis Childers, American politician
- Naomi Childers, American actress (1892–1964)
- Buddy Childers, American musician (1926–2007)

## Similar surnames

Childress, Calder, Childrey, Calderon, Coulter, Caldera, Cloutier, Colter, Calderone, Clutter, Claytor, Caulder.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.