Churches Surname
Approximately 1,369 people bear this surname
Churches Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the churchhouse,' i.e. the parsonage; compare Kirkus for Kirk-house. See also Churchouse.
1626. Laurence Churches and Ellenor Alexander: Marriage Lic. (London).
Churches Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 543 | 1:49,716 | 6,190 |
| United States | 258 | 1:1,404,880 | 96,935 |
| England | 190 | 1:293,253 | 22,497 |
| New Zealand | 159 | 1:28,480 | 4,971 |
| Wales | 81 | 1:38,204 | 3,749 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 192 | 1:126,955 | 11,883 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
Churches (226) may also be a first name.
Churches Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the churchhouse,' i.e. the parsonage; compare Kirkus for Kirk-house. See also Churchouse.
1626. Laurence Churches and Ellenor Alexander: Marriage Lic. (London).
Churches is a name established in the Wells district; it is on the face of it a corruption of Cliurchhouse, a rare Somersetshire name, Churchus being an occasional intermediate form.
Churches Demographics
Average Churches Salary in
United States
$74,225 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Churches Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Churches Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Churches occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Churches? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 281,779th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,323,262 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Churches are found; 51 percent are found in Australasia and 51 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Churches is also the 598,137th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 226 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 543 people, or 1 in 49,716. In Australia Churches is most numerous in: Victoria, where 46 percent reside, New South Wales, where 29 percent reside and Queensland, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Australia this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.
Churches Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Churches has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Churches last name expanded 496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 1 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Churches Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
The amount Churches earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.55% less than the national average, earning R 138,900 per year; in United States they earn 72.02% more than the national average, earning $74,225 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.31% more than the national average, earning $59,773 CAD per year.
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Churches Reference & Research
Church DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Church FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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