Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
CHURCH
As described 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.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English