How common is the surname Childers?

30,570 people in the United States had the surname Childers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,100 Americans. It ranked 1,150th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Childers?

Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (1905-1974), followed by Ambyr Childers.

Where is the surname Childers most common?

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

Is the surname Childers getting more or less common?

More common. 30,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,570 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Childers

A surname, carried by 30,570 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Childers is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,570 people named Childers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,100 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,079.

#1,150

rank among US surnames

30,570

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,063)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,141	McLeod	30,769	10,034
#1,143	Mackey	30,749	10,041
#1,144	Dodd	30,732	10,046
#1,145	Emerson	30,702	10,056
#1,147	Muniz	30,695	10,058
#1,148	Alston	30,693	10,059
#1,149	Maloney	30,671	10,066

Who is named Childers

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

90% of people named Childers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Childerss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erskine Hamilton Childers
4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
Ambyr Childers
American actress, born 1988
Sam Childers
American activist, born 1962
Tyler Childers
American singer and songwriter (born 1991)
Travis Childers
American politician, born 1958
Naomi Childers
American actress (1892–1964)
Buddy Childers
American musician (1926–2007)

Notable Childerss come mostly from the United States (6) and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Childers

Childers has the Soundex code C436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C436.

Questions

How common is the surname Childers?: 30,570 people in the United States had the surname Childers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,100 Americans. It ranked 1,150th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Childers?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Childers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Childers?: Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (1905-1974), followed by Ambyr Childers.
Where is the surname Childers most common?: Wikidata records people named Childers in the United States and Ireland.
Is the surname Childers getting more or less common?: More common. 30,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,570 in 2010, up 1.6%.