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    The surname Crist

    An English nickname surname, carried by 10,518 people in the United States.

    1 syllable 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). Crist is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form of the personal names Christian or Christopher.

    Crist is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 10,518 people named Crist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,354 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,122.

    #3,401
    rank among US surnames
    10,518
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,241)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,392Koontz10,53829,298
    #3,394Villatoro10,53529,307
    #3,395O'Shea10,53129,318
    #3,396Kimmel10,52829,326
    #3,397Conti10,52629,332
    #3,398Turley10,52429,337
    #3,400Acker10,51929,351

    Who is named Crist

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

    94% of people named Crist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crists

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Myndy Crist
      American actress, born 1975
    • Judith Crist
      American film critic (1922–2012)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crist

    Crist 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 Crist come from?
    Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form…
    How common is the surname Crist?
    10,518 people in the United States had the surname Crist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,354 Americans. It ranked 3,401st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crist?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Crist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Crist?
    Myndy Crist, American actress, followed by Judith Crist.
    Where is the surname Crist most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crist in the United States.
    What type of surname is Crist?
    Crist is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Crist getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,518 in 2010, up 3.9%.