The Christophe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 860 people carried this name — #27,898 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 30% from 660 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,009 people named Christophe.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 269 people named Christophe 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Christophe live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Christophe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Christophe 1662–1748 · painter -
Henri Christophe 1767–1820 · monarch -
Jean-Joseph Christophe 1803–1863 · Catholic priest -
Ernest Christophe 1827–1892 · sculptor -
Gatien Christophe 1759–1827 · politician
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Nicolas-François Christophe 1770–1839 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Christophe.
- Christine 1,418 · U.S. census
- Christmann 764 · U.S. census
- Christodoulou 452 · U.S. census
- Christoffel 447 · U.S. census
- Christol 101 · U.S. census
- Christoph 828 · U.S. census
- Christophel 185 · U.S. census
- Christy 13,750 · U.S. census
- Chu 28,508 · U.S. census
- Chudy 964 · U.S. census
- Chudzik 463 · U.S. census
- Chung 43,110 · U.S. census
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