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    The surname Christon

    An English place surname, carried by 603 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C623

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christon is more common than 77.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Christon 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 603 people named Christon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 512,016 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 568.

    #37,029
    rank among US surnames
    603
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #36,999)

    Who is named Christon

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

    47% of people named Christon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Christons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Semaj Christon
      American basketball player (born 1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Christon

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Christon come from?
    From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Christon?
    603 people in the United States had the surname Christon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 512,016 Americans. It ranked 37,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Christon?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Christon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Christon?
    Semaj Christon, American basketball player (born 1992).
    Where is the surname Christon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Christon in the United States.
    What type of surname is Christon?
    Christon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Christon getting more or less common?
    More common. 568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 603 in 2010, up 6.2%.