How common is the last name Christopher?

25,312 people in the United States have the last name Christopher, about 1 in 11,809. It ranks #1,369 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CHRISTOPHER

#1,369

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,312
About
1 in 11,809
This common or more
43.3%
Who bears it

Of the 25,312 people with the last name Christopher, 70.1% reported their origin as White, 19.3% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Christopher

#1,367 Jacob · 25,360#1,368 Ocampo · 25,342#1,370 Elias · 25,310#1,371 Simms · 25,308

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christopher, most common first.

#25,516 Christophe · 1,014#30,920 Christoph · 805#41,101 Christophel · 572#62,494 Christoffer · 346

Also a first name

As a first name, Christopher ranks #13 of 53,615, with 1,499,872 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1984, with 60,411 births. See Christopher as a first name

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