Child

13,159 people in the United States were counted with the surname Child in the 2020 census, making it the 2,673rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 22,700.

By the numbers

People: 13,159
Rank: 2,673rd
How common: 1 in 22,700
Per 100,000: 4.4

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Child described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 59.0%
Hispanic or Latino 18.4%
Black, not Hispanic 15.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 3.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%

Notable people called Child

Julia Child (1912–2004)American chef
Lee Child (born 1954)British thriller writer
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880)American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
Desmond Child (born 1953)American songwriter and producer
Francis James Child (1825–1896)American folklorist
Lincoln Child (born 1957)American writer
Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet (1630–1699)English merchant and politician
Lauren Child (born 1965)author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle is a Hunkle

People named Child with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Child

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.