The Christy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,750 people carried this name — #2,621 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,295 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 33 births for the Christy name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Christie. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 210 people named Christy.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Manche.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Christy live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Christy in American newspapers,
1877.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 185,470 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Christy,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Miller Christy 1778–1858 · banker -
Henry Christy 1810–1865 · banker -
Edwin Pearce Christy 1815–1862 · actor -
Edwin Pearce Christy 1815–1862 · actor -
George Christy 1827–1868 · actor -
William Christy 1791–1865 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Christy.
- Christodoulou 452 · U.S. census
- Christoffel 447 · U.S. census
- Christol 101 · U.S. census
- Christoph 828 · U.S. census
- Christophe 860 · U.S. census
- Christophel 185 · 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
- Cialdella 168 · U.S. census
- Ciampi 789 · U.S. census
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