# Childress (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/childress/  
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) | 24,937 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,424 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (24,485 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Childress 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Childress in the United States.

## People named Childress

- Josh Childress, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Randolph Childress, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Alice Childress, American playwright and author (1916-1994)
- David Hatcher Childress, American writer and publisher
- Alvin Childress, American actor (1907-1986)

## Similar surnames

Childers, Childrey, Calderon, Coulter, Caldera, Cloutier, Calder, 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.