Christofides
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Christofides is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.8M(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 7.7K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 287K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Christofides itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 98 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Christofidis in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christofides counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 646K | — | Christofides | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 322K | — | Christofides | 16 |
| CY Cyprus | #104 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | — | Christofides | 54 |
| US United States | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | listed | Christofides | 98 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 583K | — | Christofides | 75 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 287K | — | Christofides | 53 |
| GR Greece | — | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 306K | 2 | Christofidis | 22 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 4as Christophides | 1 in 2.1M | 4 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ioannis Chrisofidesb. 1924CYnot in their usual nameCypriot politician
- Christophoros Christofidesb. 1928CYCypriot politician
- Andreas Christophidesb. 1937CYnot in their usual nameCypriot politician
- Manolis Christophidesb. 1941CYnot in their usual nameCypriot politician
- Nicos Christofidesb. 1942CYcomputer scientist
- Titos Christofidesb. 1944CYformer Deputy Minister to the President of Cyprus
- Giorgos Christofidesb. 1947CYCypriot politician
- Savvas ChristophidesCYnot in their usual nameCypriot mayor
- Stavros ChristofidisGRnot in their usual nameGreek actor
- Christakis ChristofidesCYCypriot mayor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Christofides have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Christofides in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christofides.
- How common is the name Christofides?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 4 people named Christophides in 2024, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
- How common is Christofides compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Christofides is the 104th most common surname of 24,832 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Christofides?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christofidesThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christofides” — the 104th most common surname in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.