How common is the surname Churchill?

12,235 people in the United States had the surname Churchill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,235 Americans. It ranked 2,930th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Churchill?

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, British duchess (1660-1744), followed by Caryl Churchill.

Where is the surname Churchill most common?

Wikidata records people named Churchill in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.

How do you pronounce Churchill?

Churchill is /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Churchill getting more or less common?

More common. 12,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,235 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Churchill

A place surname, carried by 12,235 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/ 2 syllables Soundex C624

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

Origin

From church + hill.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,235 people named Churchill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,235 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,108.

#2,930

rank among US surnames

12,235

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #2,735)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,921	Braxton	12,268	25,167
#2,922	Ashton	12,263	25,177
#2,924	Begum	12,255	25,193
#2,925	Scarborough	12,252	25,200
#2,926	Dewey	12,249	25,206
#2,927	Alfonso	12,246	25,212
#2,928	Duggan	12,237	25,230

Who is named Churchill

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

89% of people named Churchill identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Churchills

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
British duchess (1660-1744)
Caryl Churchill
British dramatist, born 1938
Frank Churchill
American composer (1901-1942)
Winston Churchill
American novelist (1871–1947)
Marguerite Churchill
American actress (1910-2000)
Sarah Churchill
British actress and dancer (1914-1982)
Owen Churchill
American sailor (1896–1985)
Thomas James Churchill
13th governor of Arkansas, 1824–1905
Diana Churchill
British actress (1913-1994)
Caroline M. Nichols Churchill
American feminist (1833-1926)
Savannah Churchill
American musician (1920–1974)
Jo Churchill
British Conservative party politician (born 1964)

Notable Churchills come mostly from the United States (8), the United Kingdom (4) and the Kingdom of England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Churchill

Churchwell

Churchill has the Soundex code C624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C624.

Questions

Where does the surname Churchill come from?: From church + hill.
How common is the surname Churchill?: 12,235 people in the United States had the surname Churchill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,235 Americans. It ranked 2,930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Churchill?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Churchill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Churchill?: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, British duchess (1660-1744), followed by Caryl Churchill.
Where is the surname Churchill most common?: Wikidata records people named Churchill in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.
How do you pronounce Churchill?: Churchill is /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Churchill?: Churchill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Churchill getting more or less common?: More common. 12,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,235 in 2010, up 1.0%.