Cramp Surname

120,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Cramp Surname Definition:

A variant of Crump, q.v. [cp. O.H.Ger. chrampf (mod. krampf), curved, a hook; and Dutch kram(p, a hook]

Cramp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4661:38,0074,944
Australia1,0761:25,0893,419
United States6751:536,97644,579
Canada3571:103,20911,172
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Wales251:123,7819,267
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Ireland241:196,2068,013
Israel241:356,56829,419
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
France31:22,140,907385,998
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3141:18,5512,669
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2881:174,37015,649

Cramp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Crump, q.v. [cp. O.H.Ger. chrampf (mod. krampf), curved, a hook; and Dutch kram(p, a hook]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly from Crambe, a parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lower thinks this name may be from Crambe, a parish in Yorkshire. I take it to be the same name as Crump. See Crumb.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Perhaps from Cremps near Cahors.

The Norman People (1874)

Cramp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cramp occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cramp.

How Common Is The Last Name Cramp? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cramp is the 120,175th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,908,734 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 41 percent of Cramp live; 40 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 1,466 people, or 1 in 38,007. In England Cramp is most common in: Leicestershire, where 10 percent are found, East Sussex, where 10 percent are found and Greater London, where 7 percent are found. Aside from England Cramp is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Cramp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cramp has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Cramp last name expanded 112 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 234 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 208 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cramp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Cramp last name is chiefly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cramp surname are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.54% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cramp earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.45% less than the national average, earning R 93,984 per year; in United States they earn 11.47% more than the national average, earning $48,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $51,556 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crampe91902/
Cramps9113/
Scramp911/
Crampp910/
Craump910/
Schramp8374/
Kramp806,814/
Cramb801,447/
Cromp80391/
Sramp801/
Schrampf77209/
Schrampe774/
Schramph770/
Schrampt770/
Schrampp770/
Krampe734,743/
Kramps73663/
Krampf73641/
Zrampe7346/
Croump7336/
Crompe7330/
Cromps7325/
Krampp7311/
Crompt734/
Crambs733/
Kramph733/
Sramps732/
Krampz731/
Krampt730/
Kraimps6723/
Gkrampp671/
Schromp671/
Shramps670/
Schramb670/

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