How common is the surname Childress?

24,937 people in the United States had the surname Childress in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,381 Americans. It ranked 1,424th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Childress?

Josh Childress, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Randolph Childress.

Where is the surname Childress most common?

Wikidata records people named Childress in the United States.

Is the surname Childress getting more or less common?

More common. 24,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,937 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Childress

A surname, carried by 24,937 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). Childress is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,937 people named Childress in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,381 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,485.

#1,424

rank among US surnames

24,937

people in 2010

8.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,324)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,415	Song	25,110	12,296
#1,416	Quick	25,091	12,305
#1,417	Leslie	25,078	12,311
#1,418	Stern	25,074	12,313
#1,419	Givens	25,067	12,317
#1,420	Tipton	25,064	12,318
#1,421	Coffman	24,980	12,360

Who is named Childress

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

78% of people named Childress identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Childresss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1957
Alvin Childress
American actor (1907-1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Childress

Childress 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 Childress?: 24,937 people in the United States had the surname Childress in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,381 Americans. It ranked 1,424th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Childress?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Childress identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Childress?: Josh Childress, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Randolph Childress.
Where is the surname Childress most common?: Wikidata records people named Childress in the United States.
Is the surname Childress getting more or less common?: More common. 24,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,937 in 2010, up 1.8%.