Church is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Church
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: A house of Christian worship, derived from the old English chirch, and Scottish Kirk, Latin circus, and this from the Gaelic cearcal, a temple, a round building. The root of Church is from the Gaelic car, roundness, from which we have cirke or kirke

How popular is Church?

Church is common in England.

Church is ranked 6765 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Church bearers increased by 1.499761 per cent in 2010 US census to 36072 since 2000, the surname slipped by 76 spots and ranked at 966. The last name was found in around 122 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.18 90.86
Black 5.75 5.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.16 1.44
Others 1.63 1.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.37
Church is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 80325 people have been found who wears Church as their family name. Church is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
8,179 Sri Lanka10
10,104 Egypt10
2,459 Zambia7
7,646 Japan7
567,967 Indonesia6
1,346 Bermuda6
5,340 Iceland6
7,574 Pakistan6
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
1,632 South Korea5
2,062 Taiwan4
1,750 Rwanda4
144,439 Kazakhstan4
4,997 Bangladesh4
7,240 Kuwait4
11,290 Guyana3
3,949 Botswana3
2,967 Vietnam3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
1,879 Honduras3
13,552 Qatar2
2,085 Nepal2
5,936 Bahrain2
147,165 Czech Republic2
4,367 Afghanistan2
6,353 Panama2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
568 The Gambia2
11,224 Cameroon2
95,312 Argentina2
17,547 Colombia2
3,670 Mozambique2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,118 Isle of Man2
34,681 Norway2
1,333 Guam2
5,318 Iraq2
4,781 Malawi2
1,347 Liberia2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
2,078 Lesotho1
2,190 Barbados1
50,549 Georgia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
12,745 Luxembourg1
5,467 Haiti1
9,116 Nicaragua1
12,270 Lebanon1
20,172 Hungary1
49,529 Israel1
3,350 Fiji1
6,149 Ethiopia1
37,493 Austria1
16,073 Latvia1
692 Guinea1
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,572 Macau1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
36,814 Romania1
11,510 Oman1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
6,967 Macedonia1
49,101 Denmark1
2,057 Myanmar1
1,253 Burundi1
480 Micronesia1
3,993 El Salvador1
8,268 Mauritius1
53,505 Turkey1
746 Dominica1
801 Cape Verde1
34,581 Chile1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,380 Trinidad and Tobago40
37,591 Belgium37
645 Malta36
49,393 Netherlands35
32,811 Sweden29
37,929 United Arab Emirates28
813 Jersey22
45,771 Philippines21
50,826 Zimbabwe19
606 Guernsey18
7,162 Thailand15
90,135 Germany12
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
441 The Bahamas84
78,184 Italy67
313 Grenada58
Countries with hundreds of Church:
726 New Zealand930
3,402 Ghana879
582 Wales632
1,476 Scotland512
5,324 Malaysia405
14,022 Mexico288
42,934 France233
1,267 Jamaica232
2,519 Ireland175
2,148 Namibia163
120,124 India162
60,164 Brazil159
1,881 Northern Ireland131
1,845 Hong Kong130
9,314 Switzerland126
22,725 Spain125
15,938 Greece123
2,942 Singapore118
3,842 Albania118
33,673 Tanzania109
Countries with thousands of Church:
3,960 Nigeria6,113
1,199 Canada4,219
1,978 South Africa3,287
1,931 Kenya2,982
1,100 Australia2,867
2,514 Uganda2,240
Countries with ten thousands of Church:
885 United States42,109
704 England10,034
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Church worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Clark and arrived on May 14, 1846. Edw. Church, aged 19, Weaver Thomas Church, Jane Church (30) Immigrant, Hugh Church (9), Milliner Mary Church, Thomas Church (44) Mariner, 27 years old Elisabeth Church, Immigrant George Church, and 20 other Church around 65% of whom were workman while others worked as milliner migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast, Londonderry, Glasgow, Newport and Wales.

Church Namesakes

    Alonzo Church, North American mathematician and logician
  • Abby Church, Theater Actor
  • Frederick Stuart Church, Artist
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Painter
  • Winston Churchill, British Politician
  • Eric Church, Musician
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, British statesman
  • Alonzo Church, Mathematician
  • Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister
  • George M. Church, Geneticist
  • Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister
  • In 2009 action and adventure movie, Street Fighter: Round One - Fight!, Hannah Church portrayed Sakura Kasugano.
  • Angela Church characterized pivotal character of Chandra in 2009 comedy flick After You're Gone.
  • Luke Church played the key role of Don in 0 adventure and fantasy film Fighting Sleep.
  • Izzy Church, from 0 comedy, romance film Letters to Ganesh, who characterized N.
  • In 2017 comedy, sci-fi movie, Space Babes from Outer Space, Ellie Church played Carrieola.
  • In 2007 documentary flick, The Road to Independence, Reagan Church portrayed N.
  • Madison Church, from 2007 documentary movie The Road to Independence, who portrayed N.

Church Namesakes

    Alonzo Church, North American mathematician and logician
  • Abby Church, Theater Actor
  • Frederick Stuart Church, Artist
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Painter
  • Winston Churchill, British Politician
  • Eric Church, Musician
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, British statesman
  • Alonzo Church, Mathematician
  • Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister
  • George M. Church, Geneticist
  • Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister
  • In 2009 action and adventure movie, Street Fighter: Round One - Fight!, Hannah Church portrayed Sakura Kasugano.
  • Angela Church characterized pivotal character of Chandra in 2009 comedy flick After You're Gone.
  • Luke Church played the key role of Don in 0 adventure and fantasy film Fighting Sleep.
  • Izzy Church, from 0 comedy, romance film Letters to Ganesh, who characterized N.
  • In 2017 comedy, sci-fi movie, Space Babes from Outer Space, Ellie Church played Carrieola.
  • In 2007 documentary flick, The Road to Independence, Reagan Church portrayed N.
  • Madison Church, from 2007 documentary movie The Road to Independence, who portrayed N.

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