Find out how popular the last name Christal is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Christal.

Christal, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Christal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Christal in America

Christal is the 50196th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Christal surname appeared 417 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Christal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Christal to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Christal

The surname Christal is believed to have originated in Germany, with the earliest records dating back to the 16th century. It is likely derived from the German word "Kristall," which means "crystal" or "clear glass." This suggests that the name may have been associated with glassmakers or those who worked with crystals in some capacity.

One of the earliest known references to the surname Christal can be found in the records of the city of Nuremberg, where a glassmaker named Hans Christal was mentioned in 1589. Another early record comes from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, where a family with the name Christal was documented in the late 16th century.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the name Christal appeared in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and Westphalia. Some of the notable individuals with this surname from that period include Johannes Christal (1620-1687), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony, and Georg Christal (1742-1799), a painter and engraver from Nuremberg.

As people migrated from Germany to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas, the surname Christal spread to different regions. In the late 18th century, a family with the name Christal settled in Pennsylvania, United States, where they established a glassmaking business.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the name in English-speaking regions is that of John Christal, who was born in England in 1789. He later emigrated to Canada and became a prominent businessman and landowner in the province of Ontario.

Other notable individuals with the surname Christal include:

1. Wilhelm Christal (1830-1905), a German-born American glassmaker who founded the Christal Glass Company in Ohio.
2. Edith Christal (1867-1942), an English writer and poet known for her works on nature and rural life.
3. Ernst Christal (1876-1949), a German architect who designed several notable buildings in Berlin and other cities.
4. Friedrich Christal (1892-1972), a German artist and printmaker known for his landscape etchings.
5. Gertrude Christal (1911-2001), an American educator and advocate for women's rights, who served as the president of a major university in the 1970s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Christal

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Christal.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Christal was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Christal has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Christal was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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