How common is the surname Upchurch?

9,922 people in the United States had the surname Upchurch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,117 Americans. It ranked 3,587th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Upchurch?

Phil Upchurch, American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist, followed by Lou Diamond Phillips.

Where is the surname Upchurch most common?

Wikidata records people named Upchurch in the United States.

Is the surname Upchurch getting more or less common?

More common. 9,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,922 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Upchurch

An English place surname, carried by 9,922 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U126

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Upchurch is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).

Upchurch 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 9,922 people named Upchurch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,117 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,736.

#3,587

rank among US surnames

9,922

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,358)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,578	Kunz	9,953	31,020
#3,579	Abney	9,948	31,036
#3,580	Albertson	9,943	31,052
#3,581	Littleton	9,939	31,064
#3,582	Hallman	9,938	31,067
#3,583	Cone	9,935	31,077
#3,585	Stephen	9,925	31,108

Who is named Upchurch

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

81% of people named Upchurch identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Upchurchs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist, 1941–2025
Lou Diamond Phillips
American actor, born 1962

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Upchurch come from?: From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).
How common is the surname Upchurch?: 9,922 people in the United States had the surname Upchurch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,117 Americans. It ranked 3,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Upchurch?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Upchurch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Upchurch?: Phil Upchurch, American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist, followed by Lou Diamond Phillips.
Where is the surname Upchurch most common?: Wikidata records people named Upchurch in the United States.
What type of surname is Upchurch?: Upchurch is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Upchurch getting more or less common?: More common. 9,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,922 in 2010, up 1.9%.