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

The Christoph surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 828 people carried this name — #28,746 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (831).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 282 people named Christoph.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 160
Bas-Rhin 82
Paris 7
Haut-Rhin 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Nord 3
Haute-Savoie 2
Saône-et-Loire 1

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

In Poland’s population register

73 people named Christoph have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 106 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 22
Greater Poland 19
Masovian 14
Opole 10
Lubusz 5
Warmian-Masurian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

54 people named Christoph live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Bern 13
St. Gallen 5
Zug 5
Fribourg 4
Schaffhausen 4
Aargau 3
Geneva 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Christoph,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Froben Christoph von Helfenstein-Gundelfingen
    Froben Christoph von Helfenstein-Gundelfingen 1573–1622
  • Hugo Theodor Christoph
    Hugo Theodor Christoph 1831–1894 · lepidopterist
  • Franz Xaver Christoph 1728–1793 · piano maker
  • Franz Seraph Christoph 1813– · Bezirksamtmann
  • Alfred Christoph 1838–1905 · cleric
  • Theodor Christoph 1840–1927 · cleric

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

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