Champion is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Champion
No. of characters: 8
Origin: English
Meaning: Name very common throughout France. It is found especially in the Sarthe and the Drôme. The word "champion" meant in the Middle Ages one who fought in the public combat in his own or another man's quarrel, including in judicial duels (note that the current direction of champion only dates from the late nineteenth century, and we came from England). Beware though, it can sometimes be a place name: there are indeed many in France localities (the) Champion (the) Champillon in principle "the small field." Variant Picardy: Campion. Diminutives: Championship, Championnet.

How popular is Champion?

Champion is common in United States.

Champion is ranked 11008 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Champion bearers increased by 3.710059 per cent in 2010 US census to 17527 since 2000, the surname slipped by 105 spots and ranked at 2058. The last name was found in around 59 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.46 74.51
Black 20.16 19.01
Hispanic or Latino 5.49 4.37
Others 2.07 1.36
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.37
Champion is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 48765 people have been found who wears Champion as their family name. Champion is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
1,346 Bermuda6
9,053 Senegal5
4,343 Bangladesh5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
381,097 Ukraine4
720,003 Russia4
14,126 Colombia3
30,723 Georgia3
710 French Polynesia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
3,224 Afghanistan3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
14,521 Portugal2
28,232 Morocco2
4,781 Malawi2
14,408 Uruguay2
34,681 Norway2
8,995 Uganda2
11,224 Cameroon2
6,353 Panama2
23,858 Iran2
18,625 Japan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
20,837 Venezuela2
21,929 Algeria2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
199,150 Kazakhstan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
9,116 Nicaragua1
12,741 Ecuador1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,057 Myanmar1
25,721 Egypt1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,214 Niger1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
6,212 Jamaica1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,895 South Korea1
49,529 Israel1
14,644 Tunisia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,578 Guam1
7,292 Vietnam1
25,746 Finland1
3,952 Yemen1
7,790 Zambia1
3,350 Fiji1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
95,259 Italy45
21,712 Sweden44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
18,843 Chile36
514 Isle of Man27
1,687 China27
258,559 Indonesia24
416 Guernsey24
7,162 Thailand15
12,285 Burkina Faso15
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
2,305 Northern Ireland95
32,927 Spain72
4,855 Singapore65
51,036 Tanzania61
66,582 Argentina60
5,450 Ireland60
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Champion:
6,641 Pakistan754
5,685 Ghana479
5,324 Peru470
27,752 Philippines451
27,368 Brazil445
25,888 Germany403
11,329 Mexico393
1,965 New Zealand383
972 Taiwan348
1,201 Wales327
13,426 Kenya314
3,834 Switzerland306
7,134 Malaysia278
2,536 Scotland269
8,852 Belgium208
2,148 Namibia163
12,248 Zimbabwe151
142,602 India123
Countries with thousands of Champion:
573 France9,197
1,467 England5,404
2,735 South Africa2,374
1,431 Australia2,223
3,449 Canada1,359
Countries with ten thousands of Champion:
1,916 United States20,913
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old miner William Champion who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on September 30, 1848 by Shannon put out from Bristol. Farmer Lewis Champion, Immigrant John Champion, 45 years old Glitia Champion, James Champion, aged 15, Joseph Champion, aged 13, Immigrant Edward Champion, John Champion, aged 9, Workman William Champion, and 38 other Champion around 33.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as workman and carpenter, servant migrated to US.

Comments

R
Reynalda Hoff
 Champion is a surname which has designated in the former French who fought in the lists -had in old french also towards stallion, custom nickname meter.

Champion Namesakes

  • Jean Champion, Film actor
  • Antoinette Champion, Denis Diderot's wife
  • Arnita Champion, Athlete
  • Chris Champion, Professional wrestler
  • Arthur Champion, Baron Champion, Politician
  • Will Champion, Musician
  • Tom Champion, Soccer player
  • Cari Champion, Broadcaster
  • Beau Champion, Rugby league rugby centre
  • Will Champion, Musician
  • Julia Champion portrayed leading character of Girlfriend in 2018 0 movie Blame the Victim.
  • In 2012, Brad Champion played the role of Drummer Guy in drama, thriller film Jenny's Book of Twilight.
  • Jayson Champion characterized the central role of David in 2010 horror film Kodie.

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