Childress Surname

16,569th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Childress Surname Definition:

(English) A variant of Childers, q.v.

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Childress Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,3421:10,8711,333
England451:1,238,17956,985
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3431:15,0221,926

Childress (85) may also be a first name.

Childress Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) A variant of Childers, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname was probably derived from a place named something like, Childerhouse, from the Old English, cildra (child) and hus (house).

- cap10wow

Childress Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Childress Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Childress (Russian: Чилдресс) is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Childress? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,569th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 217,532 people. The last name Childress is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Childress live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Childress is also the 1,039,322nd most common given name world-wide It is held by 85 people.

The surname Childress is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 33,342 people, or 1 in 10,871. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, Virginia, where 11 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Childress Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Childress has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Childress last name rose 997 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Childress Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Childress last name are 18.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Childress earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,561 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.04% less than the national average, earning $48,670 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Childress Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Childress in the Russian language
Чилдрессcildress-

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Childress Reference & Research

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