Christian is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Christian
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Very common in some parts of Scotland, Sir Walter Scott tells a story of an unsuccessful gaberlunzie woman who in the bitterness of her disappointment exclaimed: "Are there no Christians here?" and was answered: "Christians! nae, we be a' Elliots and Armstrangs!" When leprosy was the scourge of Europe, the disease was sometimes personal, and the patient was called lazarius or ladre; sometimes hereditary, and then the sufferers termed Giezites and Les Gezits, from Gehazi, the false servant of Elisha, from whom they were believed to be descended. Sometimes they were called Cagots de Chanaan, lepers of Canaan, from this belief; but "their most curious title, Crestiaas or Christians, was not given them in direct affirmation, but in denial of a negative, 'not non-Christian,' because being considered of Gehazi's lineage,-not only Jews under a curse, -many would be disposed to repel them from communication."

Descendant of Christian meaning "follower of Christ".

How popular is Christian?

Christian is common in United States, Chad, Nigeria, Tanzania, Indonesia, Rwanda, Madagascar, England, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Jamaica, DR Congo, New Zealand, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Austria, Haiti, Thailand, United States Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Guyana, Brazil, Namibia, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Mali, Belgium, Malawi, Wales, Gabon, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Iran, Egypt, Singapore, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Dominica.

Christian is ranked 2395 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Christian bearers increased by 5.9 per cent in 2010 US census to 54198 since 2000, the surname slipped by 29 spots and ranked at 626. The last name was found in around 2 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.41 69.69
Black 24.57 23.45
Hispanic or Latino 3.62 2.66
Others 2.49 1.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.33 1.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.58
Christian is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Pitcairn Islands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 229741 person has been found who wears Christian as their family name. Christian is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Christian:
631 United States66,367
31 Chad39,669
825 Nigeria25,452
294 Tanzania23,762
1,528 Indonesia11,029
Countries with thousands of Christian:
386 Rwanda7,132
756 Madagascar6,597
1,399 England5,869
2,331 Ethiopia5,634
2,347 Germany4,488
842 Ghana4,433
979 Australia4,050
2,013 Canada2,690
2,958 France2,674
19,061 India2,199
3,167 South Africa2,177
279 Jamaica1,731
6,158 DR Congo1,450
709 New Zealand1,005
Countries with hundreds of Christian:
3,625 Cameroon779
3,639 Sri Lanka731
1,802 Austria673
1,913 Haiti433
26,111 Thailand433
20 United States Virgin Islands394
24 Cayman Islands370
6 Isle of Man363
383 Guyana357
25,132 Brazil314
1,532 Namibia304
9,574 Pakistan298
1,992 Dominican Republic293
846 Trinidad and Tobago259
1,556 Mali258
7,557 Belgium247
10,289 Malawi209
1,648 Wales205
1,744 Gabon202
359 Vanuatu197
91 Antigua and Barbuda182
3,383 Denmark173
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
2,674 Ireland155
29,637 Iran154
32,813 Egypt153
1,328 Singapore150
3,496 Scotland149
7,111 Papua New Guinea146
20,203 Kenya139
42,794 Morocco136
8,405 Ivory Coast119
165 Dominica106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,561 Netherlands100
10,341 Switzerland86
2,552 Northern Ireland85
1 Norfolk Island82
23,224 Zimbabwe77
21,053 Malaysia73
5,540 Liberia69
1,791 Nicaragua68
1,186 China64
31,639 Spain63
108,100 Philippines63
7,697 Portugal57
1,081 New Caledonia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,323 Italy50
446 Micronesia48
59,251 Argentina46
171,933 Russia44
10,676 Kuwait39
40,475 Romania37
146 British Virgin Islands36
409 Burundi36
40,874 Czechia32
19,635 Norway32
23,803 Sweden29
15,561 Venezuela29
27,985 Mexico27
4,689 Suriname26
8,477 Burkina Faso25
16,160 Chile25
15,343 Botswana22
11,536 Qatar22
382 Saint Kitts and Nevis21
13,165 Ecuador20
21,357 Niger20
63,898 Uganda20
70,237 Greece19
5,804 Panama19
8,776 Congo18
2,987 Costa Rica18
341 Greenland18
19,343 Iraq16
1 Pitcairn Islands16
4,438 Sudan16
23,583 United Arab Emirates16
45,186 Japan13
116,258 Poland13
1,149 Barbados12
28,977 Finland12
2,098 Guam12
4,016 Honduras12
75,349 Kazakhstan12
2,647 Puerto Rico12
486 Northern Mariana Islands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
4,903 Angola9
3,802 Hong Kong9
8,568 Paraguay9
1,431 American Samoa8
2,565 Belize7
1,286 Bermuda7
61,769 Benin6
18,437 Solomon Islands6
3,090 Vietnam6
34,188 Zambia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Biddy Christian hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Lady Huntley and arrived on June 1, 1846. 30 years old James Christian, G. Christian, aged 40, Spinster Bridgitte Christian, Dennis Christian, aged 22, Mary Christian, aged 18, 16 years old Ellen Christian, Henry Christian, aged 13, Bridgitte Christian, and 30 other Christian around 54.17% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and gentleman, servant, joiner migrated to US.

From Italy

Celeste Christian was 36 years old when he migrated to USA on March 9, 1889. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took P. Caland from Amsterdam. Clerk Josef Christian, 6 years old Severino Christian, Teresa Christian (26) Laborer, are other Christian that migrated to US.

From Germany

Joseph Christian from Germany aboard the John Merrick from London on June 18, 1852. He is registered to be 4 years old when he arrived in USA. Peter Christian (10 months old), Susan Christian, aged 32, 7 years old Theresa Christian, 40 years old Valtin Christian, 18 years old Bam. Christian, Merchant Johann Henrich Christian, 24 years old H. Christian, Farmer Amalia Christian, and 341 other Christian around 35.45% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and merchant, carpenter, matron, miner, gardener, spinster, joiner, servant, butcher, musician, shoemaker migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Bremen.

Christian Namesakes

  • Mary Christian,
  • John T. Christian, Baptist preacher, author and educator
  • Betty Christian, Communications Officer and Island Secretary of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Emma Christian, prominent artist
  • Louise Christian, British human rights solicitor
  • Thomas Christian, translator of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' into Manx
  • Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver
  • Geoff Christian, leading Australian rules football writer and radio broadcaster covering the Australian Football League and West Australian Football League
  • Marcus Bruce Christian, New Negro regional poet, writer
  • Channon Christian,
  • Renata Christian, Virgin Islander beauty pageant titleholder
  • Edward Christian, English judge and law professor
  • Diana Leafe Christian, author, former editor of 'Communities' magazine
  • Francis Joseph Christian, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Emile Christian, early jazz trombonist; he also played cornet and string bass
  • Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist
  • Claudia Christian, Her main charity work is publicizing The Sinclair Method as a cure for alcoholism
  • Fletcher Christian, was master's mate on board HMS 'Bounty' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants
  • Steve Christian, political figure and convicted child rapist
  • Brenda Christian, political figure
  • Harry Christian, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Terry Christian, multi award-winning English broadcaster
  • David A. Christian, He is best
  • Dave Christian, Winnipeg JetsWashington CapitalsBoston BruinsSt
  • Greg Christian, former bassist for the American thrash metal band Testament
  • Rae & Christian, are British production duo Mark Rae and Steve Christian
  • Shawn Christian, American television and film actor
  • Linda Christian, Mexican film actress
  • Michael Christian, former Australian rules footballer and media personality
  • Luci Christian, American voice actress and ADR script writer at Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks
  • Bob Christian, former American football fullback
  • Clare Christian, Manx politician
  • Gerda Christian, nicknamed "Dara"
  • Brendan Christian, : 10
  • Sydney Christian, Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general
  • Sara Christian, first woman driver in NASCAR history
  • Chris Christian, As a member of the trio of Cotton
  • Spencer Christian, American television broadcaster
  • Stephen Christian, American singer and songwriter best known as the former lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin
  • Ewan Christian, British architect
  • Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer best
  • Barbara Christian, author and professor of African-American Studies at the University of California
  • Maria Christian, singer
  • Jim Christian, American college basketball coach
  • Bill Christian, retired American ice hockey player
  • Kittens for Christian, punk rock band that is signed with Serjical Strike Records
  • Jeff Christian, head coach for the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL
  • Neil Christian, | page= 105}} He remains, however
  • Justin Christian, American former professional baseball outfielder
  • Meg Christian, American folk singer associated with the women's music movement

Christian Namesakes

  • Mary Christian,
  • John T. Christian, Baptist preacher, author and educator
  • Betty Christian, Communications Officer and Island Secretary of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Emma Christian, prominent artist
  • Louise Christian, British human rights solicitor
  • Thomas Christian, translator of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' into Manx
  • Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver
  • Geoff Christian, leading Australian rules football writer and radio broadcaster covering the Australian Football League and West Australian Football League
  • Marcus Bruce Christian, New Negro regional poet, writer
  • Channon Christian,
  • Renata Christian, Virgin Islander beauty pageant titleholder
  • Edward Christian, English judge and law professor
  • Diana Leafe Christian, author, former editor of 'Communities' magazine
  • Francis Joseph Christian, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Emile Christian, early jazz trombonist; he also played cornet and string bass
  • Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist
  • Claudia Christian, Her main charity work is publicizing The Sinclair Method as a cure for alcoholism
  • Fletcher Christian, was master's mate on board HMS 'Bounty' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants
  • Steve Christian, political figure and convicted child rapist
  • Brenda Christian, political figure
  • Harry Christian, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Terry Christian, multi award-winning English broadcaster
  • David A. Christian, He is best
  • Dave Christian, Winnipeg JetsWashington CapitalsBoston BruinsSt
  • Greg Christian, former bassist for the American thrash metal band Testament
  • Rae & Christian, are British production duo Mark Rae and Steve Christian
  • Shawn Christian, American television and film actor
  • Linda Christian, Mexican film actress
  • Michael Christian, former Australian rules footballer and media personality
  • Luci Christian, American voice actress and ADR script writer at Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks
  • Bob Christian, former American football fullback
  • Clare Christian, Manx politician
  • Gerda Christian, nicknamed "Dara"
  • Brendan Christian, : 10
  • Sydney Christian, Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general
  • Sara Christian, first woman driver in NASCAR history
  • Chris Christian, As a member of the trio of Cotton
  • Spencer Christian, American television broadcaster
  • Stephen Christian, American singer and songwriter best known as the former lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin
  • Ewan Christian, British architect
  • Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer best
  • Barbara Christian, author and professor of African-American Studies at the University of California
  • Maria Christian, singer
  • Jim Christian, American college basketball coach
  • Bill Christian, retired American ice hockey player
  • Kittens for Christian, punk rock band that is signed with Serjical Strike Records
  • Jeff Christian, head coach for the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL
  • Neil Christian, | page= 105}} He remains, however
  • Justin Christian, American former professional baseball outfielder
  • Meg Christian, American folk singer associated with the women's music movement

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