Crafter Surname

267,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Jersey

Crafter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the crafter,' one who occupied a small farm; a northern form of Crofter; v. Craft.

Crafter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia9231:29,2483,939
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
England1951:285,73422,108
Russia411:3,515,196179,721
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1101:221,59416,923
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Crafter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the crafter,' one who occupied a small farm; a northern form of Crofter; v. Craft.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A Northern form of Crofter, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The occupant of a craft (croft), or small piece of laud. Jamieson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Crafter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crafter is more commonly found in Australia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Crafter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crafter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 267,252nd most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,984,642 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Crafter reside; 63 percent reside in Australasia and 63 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Crafter is most commonly held in Australia, where it is held by 923 people, or 1 in 29,248. In Australia Crafter is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 43 percent live, Victoria, where 37 percent live and New South Wales, where 11 percent live. Barring Australia this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Crafter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Crafter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Crafter surname grew 24,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crafter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Crafter surname are 0.099999999999994% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.13% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Crafter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 19.64% less than the national average, earning $34,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.43% less than the national average, earning $41,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crafterz932/
Scrafter930/
Crafte923/
Krafter8635/
Crofter8629/
Crawter868/
Craftes861/
Crawther8023/
Krafther801/
Crawte77172/
Krafte7756/
Crafti7744/
Crofte774/
Crafty770/
Crowter71228/
Crabtee7110/
Kravter716/
Craftit712/
Cravtre711/
Crawtey710/
Krawter710/
Krofter710/
Croftes710/
Crowther6721,589/
Crowtter670/

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