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

The Christoffel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 447 people carried this name — #47,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 413 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

348 people named Christoffel live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 179
Zurich 74
Aargau 27
St. Gallen 20
Bern 11
Zug 9
Basel-Landschaft 7
Ticino 7

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Christoffel.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Bas-Rhin 24
Marne 10
Paris 10
Gard 5
Yvelines 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Charente-Maritime 3
Hautes-Pyrénées 3

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

Who carried it

People named Christoffel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elwin Bruno Christoffel
    Elwin Bruno Christoffel 1829–1900 · physicist
  • Hans Christoffel
    Hans Christoffel 1865–1962 · military personnel
  • Hans Christoffel
    Hans Christoffel 1865–1962 · military personnel
  • Ernst Jakob Christoffel
    Ernst Jakob Christoffel 1876–1955 · missionary
  • Katherine Christoffel d. 2023 · pediatrician
  • Raget Christoffel 1810–1875 · pedagogue

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

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