Crampton Surname

55,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Crampton Surname Definition:

A variant of Crompton, q.v.

Crampton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8991:92,96210,441
England2,7411:20,3282,881
Australia1,0261:26,3123,582
Canada4481:82,2459,170
New Zealand3571:12,6842,209
Ireland2981:15,8021,767
South Africa1891:286,65527,999
Wales421:73,6796,340
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1771:25,0272,709
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4601:16,6952,436
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2681:39,6054,671

Crampton (21) may also be a first name.

Crampton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Crompton, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Crompton; a location name in Lancashire.

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

Crampton Last Name Facts

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

Crampton occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crampton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,464th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 795,931 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Crampton live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 21 people.

Crampton is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3,899 people, or 1 in 92,962. In The United States Crampton is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 12 percent are found, Maryland, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States Crampton occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Crampton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Crampton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Crampton surname rose 307 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 168 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crampton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Crampton last name are 12.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crampton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.72% more than the national average, earning R 510,264 per year; in United States they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $46,311 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning $49,324 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scrampton941/
Crompton8814,873/
Crambton883/
Cramptom882/
Cranpton881/
Srampton881/
Krampton880/
Croumpton826/
Cromptom758/
Krompton751/
Sramptom751/
Cromptan750/
Kraumptan711/

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Crampton Reference & Research

Compton/Crumpton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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