Last Name CHAMPION

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Meaning	The champion, a soldier, a warrior, the winner in village sports. A soldier, one that fought in public combat in his own or another man's quarrel.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	1,953 (2000 US census)	1,899 (1990 US census)

Count	16,900 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.51%, or 12592 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.01%, or 3213 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 63 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.37%, or 63 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 230 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
4.37%, or 739 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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