How common is the surname Christman?

11,987 people in the United States had the surname Christman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,757 Americans. It ranked 2,988th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Christman?

Christman is /ˈkɹɪst.mən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Christman getting more or less common?

More common. 11,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,987 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Christman

A surname, carried by 11,987 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹɪst.mən/ 2 syllables Soundex C623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christman is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,987 people named Christman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,757 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,693.

#2,988

rank among US surnames

11,987

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,814)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,979	Low	12,032	25,660
#2,981	Landrum	12,026	25,673
#2,982	Champagne	12,023	25,680
#2,984	Dyson	12,017	25,692
#2,985	Jett	12,008	25,712
#2,986	Bach	11,999	25,731
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755

Who is named Christman

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

92% of people named Christman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Christman

Christman has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

Questions

How common is the surname Christman?: 11,987 people in the United States had the surname Christman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,757 Americans. It ranked 2,988th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Christman?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Christman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Christman?: Christman is /ˈkɹɪst.mən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Christman getting more or less common?: More common. 11,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,987 in 2010, up 2.5%.