How common is the surname Christy?

13,750 people in the United States had the surname Christy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,454 Americans. It ranked 2,621st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Christy?

James W. Christy, American astronomer, followed by June Christy.

Where is the surname Christy most common?

Wikidata records people named Christy in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Christy?

Christy is /ˈkɹɪsti/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Christy getting more or less common?

More common. 13,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,750 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Christy also a first name?

Yes. Christy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Christy

An Irish surname, carried by 13,750 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹɪsti/ 2 syllables Soundex C623 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christy is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,750 people named Christy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,454 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,295.

#2,621

rank among US surnames

13,750

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,612	Mathew	13,808	22,360
#2,613	Lovelace	13,787	22,394
#2,614	Valles	13,777	22,410
#2,615	Weller	13,774	22,415
#2,616	Upton	13,769	22,423
#2,617	Andrew	13,764	22,431
#2,618	Estrella	13,758	22,441

Who is named Christy

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

88% of people named Christy identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Christys

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James W. Christy
American astronomer, born 1938
June Christy
American singer (1925–1990)
Dorothy Christy
American actress (1900–1977)
Richard Christy
American drummer, born 1974
Ann Christy
Belgian singer (1945–1984)
Ann Christy
American actress (1905–1987)
Howard Chandler Christy
American artist (1873–1952)
Henry Christy
British banker and collector (1810-1865)
Ken Christy
American actor (1894-1962)

Notable Christys come mostly from the United States (7), Belgium (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Christy

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Christy come from?: Christy is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Christy?: 13,750 people in the United States had the surname Christy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,454 Americans. It ranked 2,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Christy?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Christy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Christy?: James W. Christy, American astronomer, followed by June Christy.
Where is the surname Christy most common?: Wikidata records people named Christy in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Christy?: Christy is /ˈkɹɪsti/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Christy getting more or less common?: More common. 13,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,750 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Christy also a first name?: Yes. Christy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.