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    The surname Childrey

    An English place surname, carried by 530 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C436

    Childrey: #41,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Childrey #41,100, 530 people Childrey: #41,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Childrey #41,100, 530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Childrey is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From either the Old English personal name *Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).

    Childrey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 530 people named Childrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 574.

    #41,100
    rank among US surnames
    530
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,716)

    Who is named Childrey

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

    62% of people named Childrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Childrey

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Childrey come from?
    From either the Old English personal name *Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).
    How common is the surname Childrey?
    530 people in the United States had the surname Childrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. It ranked 41,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Childrey?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Childrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Childrey?
    Childrey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Childrey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 530 in 2010, down 7.7%.