# Church (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/church/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 36,072 |
| US rank (2010) | 966 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,559 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (35,539 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Church in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Church in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Church

- Thomas Haden Church, American actor
- Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (1903–1995)
- Frederic Edwin Church, American landscape painter (1826–1900)
- Ellen Church, American pilot, flight attendant and nurse (1904–1965)
- Frank Church, American politician and lawyer (1924–1984)
- Mary Church Terrell, American activist and suffragette (1863–1954)
- Eric Church, American country singer
- Angelica Schuyler Church, American socialite (1756–1814)
- Fred Church, American actor (1889-1983)
- Benjamin Church, American carpenter, military officer, and Ranger during America's Colonial era
- Richard Church, British and Greek general and Greek politician
- Sandra Church, American actress

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Crouch, Cruz, Craig, Cross, Carrasco, Crews, Caruso, Crook, Creech, Crouse, Crooks, Cruse.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.