Craige Surname
Approximately 589 people bear this surname
Craige Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the craig,' i.e. crag, from residence thereby. More specifically (a) 'of Craig,' a name given to several parishes and villages in Scotland. Both (1) and (a) are Scotch.
1748.
Read More About This SurnameCraige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 433 | 1:837,088 | 63,980 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 51 | 1:477,948 | 26,685 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:4,934 | 490 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 497 | 1:101,044 | 10,235 |
Craige (1,019) may also be a first name.
Craige Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the craig,' i.e. crag, from residence thereby. More specifically (a) 'of Craig,' a name given to several parishes and villages in Scotland. Both (1) and (a) are Scotch.
1748. Married — Alex. Craigg and Elizabeth Johnson: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
Local. As the surname occurs in early Scots records in many parts of the country it must have originated from more than one locality. In the fifteenth century there were three families "of that Ilk." The name was also common in Edinburgh in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and so elsewhere throughout the Lowlands. Johannes del Crag witnessed a charter by William the Lion, and Robertus de Crag witnessed one in the reign of Alexander II (REG., p. 83,123). Walter del Crag was an elector in 1278 (Bain, 11. 147). Anneys del Crage of Edinburghshire and Johan del Cragee of Lanarkshire rendered homage, 1296 (ibid., p. 209,213). The land of James del Crag, son and heir of John del Crag, in Ayrshire is mentioned in 1323 (Irvine, I, p. 123). The dramatic intervention of John of the Craig with his band of 300 "played a decisive part in the battle of Culblean on 30th November 1335" (PSAS., LXIV, p. 54). Johannes de Crag, burgess of Aberdeen, had a charter of land in the lordship of Rubyslaw in 1358 (RMS., I, 107), and for two centuries and a half later a family of this name was seated at Craigfintray (afterwards Craigston) Castle near Kildrummie. William de Crag was elected counci lor of Aberdeen, 1398 (CRA., p. 374), and Richard de Crag, presbyter and notary public of St. Andrews diocese, 1415, may be the Richard de Crag, vicar of Dundee, 1443 (REG., 325). In 1429 the lands of Estircrag in the barony of North Berwick were granted to Walter de Crag in succession to his father, John Crag (RMS., II, 145). David of Crag, a Red Friar in Aberdeen in 1439, is referred to again, in 1442 simply as David Crag (Friars, 29, 30). William Craigh, merchant in Culross, 1668 (Dunblane). John Craig (1512—1600) was colleague of John Knox.
(Scottish, English) Dweller at, or near, a rock or crag.
A parish in Forfarshire, and an estate in Perthshire. As a topographical expression, Craig has the same meaning as Carrick.
A rock, a crag.
(Cornish-British and Welsh.) A rock, a crag, a stone; Gaelic, carraig, a rock, creag, a rock.
Craig is a common Scottish surname found mostly south of the Forth and the Clyde.
Craige Demographics
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Craige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Craige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Craige occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Craige? popularity and diffusion
The last name Craige is the 544,093rd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,372,743 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Craige live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. Craige is also the 251,554th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,019 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 837,088. In The United States Craige is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found, Louisiana, where 12 percent are found and North Carolina, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Craige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Craige has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Craige surname fell 13 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 8 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Craige Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (74%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Craige surname are 3.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.79% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Craige earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.58% less than the national average, earning R 88,932 per year; in United States they earn 7.01% less than the national average, earning $40,126 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.24% more than the national average, earning $57,751 CAD per year.
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