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

The surname Crampton is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Crampton.

How Common Is The Last Name Crampton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 55,464th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 795,931 people. Crampton occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Crampton are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Crampton is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname Crampton is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3,899 people, or 1 in 92,962. In The United States Crampton is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 12 percent reside, Maryland, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Crampton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Crampton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Crampton last name is chiefly 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 national average, with 58.8% being registered with the 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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