Upchurch

English

Etymology

From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).

Proper noun

Upchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Upchurches)

1. A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8467).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Upchurch is the 3587^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9922 individuals. Upchurch is most common among White (80.62%) and Black/African American (14.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Upchurch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.