Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
CHURCH
There are approximately 13,282 people named Church in the UK. That makes it the 767th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 210 are named Church.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Location or Geographical Feature
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Cheirchie
Charches
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Chauchi
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Cherchia
The Church surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) A house of Christian worship, derived from the old English chirch, and Scottish Kirk, Latin circus, and this from the Gaelic cearcal, a temple, a round building. The root of Church is from the Gaelic car, roundness, from which we have cirke or kirke.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
CHURCH. From residence near one. In the H.R. this name is found under various forms, as Atte Cbirche, De la Chirke, Ecclesia, De Ecclesia, and Ad Ecclesiam.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.