Champion surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Champion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,527 people carried this name — #2,058 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 16,900 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,991 people named Champion.

50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 50
Paris 469
Sarthe 402
Indre-et-Loire 256
Marne 216
Seine-Maritime 160
Drôme 143
Orne 140
Vienne 138

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

273 people named Champion live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 88
Jura 54
Bern 29
Geneva 22
Zurich 17
Basel-Landschaft 16
Aargau 11
Fribourg 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 97 people named Champion live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Namur 29
Liège 22
Luxembourg Province 16
Brussels-Capital 11
Hainaut 10
West Flanders 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Champion in American newspapers,
1897–1926.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Champion
The Anaconda Standard 1899-08-13
Newspaper page from The Progress carrying the name Champion
The Progress 1897-04-10
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Champion
Daily Kennebec Journal 1926-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,771,717 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Champion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Champion
    Alexander Champion d. 1793
  • Gui Champion
    Gui Champion 1580–1635 · prelate
  • Alexander Champion d. 1795 · businessperson
  • Paul Champion d. 1914 · translator
  • Dorothy Alice Champion d. 1961
  • Augusta Matilda Champion d. 1838

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Champion.

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