Crafer Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Crafer Surname Definition:

From the German, Kreifer; from the Flemish, Creve, Creyf; a personal name.

Crafer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2761:201,87717,601
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:201,44915,997
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Crafer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the German, Kreifer; from the Flemish, Creve, Creyf; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Crafer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Crafer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Crafer occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crafer? popularity and diffusion

Crafer is the 876,631st most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Crafer reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in British Isles.

Crafer is most frequent in England, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 201,877. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 28 percent reside, Essex, where 17 percent reside and Norfolk, where 14 percent reside. Beside England this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Crafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Crafer has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Crafer surname grew 228 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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