Crane Surname
Approximately 78,842 people bear this surname
Crane Surname Definition:
i) Nick 'the crane'; compare Stork, Gull, &c. (a) Bapt. — the son of Grane.' The initial was early changed from G to C; compare Candlin and Cammel for Gandelyn and Gamell. Grane was a common personal name in Yorkshire in the 13th and 14th centuries; v.
Read More About This SurnameCrane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53,122 | 1:6,823 | 804 |
| England | 11,980 | 1:4,651 | 641 |
| Australia | 6,218 | 1:4,342 | 627 |
| Canada | 4,101 | 1:8,985 | 1,341 |
| Wales | 454 | 1:6,816 | 760 |
| France | 452 | 1:146,953 | 22,745 |
| New Zealand | 395 | 1:11,464 | 1,996 |
| Scotland | 337 | 1:15,887 | 1,969 |
| South Africa | 307 | 1:176,475 | 19,463 |
| Northern Ireland | 266 | 1:6,936 | 1,217 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Cambodia | 74 | 1:209,286 | 3,084 |
| Thailand | 71 | 1:994,906 | 151,495 |
| Spain | 65 | 1:719,262 | 31,067 |
| Ireland | 64 | 1:73,577 | 4,518 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Japan | 55 | 1:2,324,442 | 29,670 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| China | 35 | 1:39,066,330 | 2,096 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1:4,133 | 843 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Isle of Man | 16 | 1:5,364 | 1,196 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Barbados | 10 | 1:28,745 | 1,389 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 1:32,515,421 | 29,577 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 192 | 1:23,072 | 2,569 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,019 | 1:4,050 | 585 |
| Scotland | 175 | 1:21,390 | 2,080 |
| Wales | 114 | 1:13,758 | 821 |
| Isle of Man | 27 | 1:2,010 | 260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,548 | 1:3,452 | 412 |
The alternate forms: Crané (2) are calculated separately.
Crane (797) may also be a first name.
Crane Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
i) Nick 'the crane'; compare Stork, Gull, &c. (a) Bapt. — the son of Grane.' The initial was early changed from G to C; compare Candlin and Cammel for Gandelyn and Gamell. Grane was a common personal name in Yorkshire in the 13th and 14th centuries; v. Grain.
John le Cran, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Thomas le Cran, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Johannes Crane, Alicia uxor ejus, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Elisot Grane, 1379: ibid.
John Crane de Cranebrok, Close Rolls, 16 Richard II.
Stephanus Crane, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Dionisia Cranne, vidua, 1379: ibid.
John Crane, 1536: Register of the University of Oxford.
1789. Married — William Durrant and Mary Crane: St. George, Hanover Square.
An Old English personal name. See Cranston. In 1261 an inquest found that a man named Crane had held, by gift of King William the Lion, the lands of Inyaney and the office of gate-keeper of the royal castle, and that he never raised an army or gave assistance or did anything else in the world for the said lands, except gate-keeper of our lord the king's castle of Montrose ("Nec dederunt auxilium nec aliquid aliud in mundo pro dicta terra facerunt nisi officium Janue Castri domini Regis de Munros") (APS., I, p. 100). Cran and Crann axe current in the shires of Aberdeen, Banff, and Inverness, and Patrick Crane is recorded in Aberdeen in 1398 (CRA., p. 373). Crane is the spelling used by an old family in the parish of Maryton.
The English personal name Crane is commonly said to be from the name of the bird, but we must remember that mediaeval epithet names are often something entirely different when properly studied. So many of the beast, bird, and fish names which enter so largely into personal nomenclature belong to a very old stratum, and in fact go back definitely to heathen times, "and there is no evidence that they were given as nicknames. They are real personal names, traditional with the race, given at birth with little or no thought of any application of the name to the appearance or disposition of the child.".
(English) a nickname or sign-name from the bird so called [Middle English crane, Old English cran]
(English) Dweller at the sign of the crane; one who lived near the Crane river in England.
The bird-probably first applied to a tall, meagre person. Cran, Crane. H.R.
From Crane in Camborne; from grean, gravel; or croan, the cross. Hals says, "Crane adjoining Roswarne gave name to its possessor, Cit-Crane, who gave bustards or cranes for his arms; for as crana, krana, is as grus in Latin, so it is a crane in English, garan and cryhyr in the Welsh"
Contracted from Mac Ciarain, ‘Ciaran’s Son.' (See Karran and Mylchraine.) It seems to be a purely Manx name, not being found elsewhere, except in the form Crane, which has probably quite a different origin.
From Crannes in Maine. Andreas, John, Oliver, William de Crane in England, c. 1272 (Rot. Hundr.).
From the Danish, Krener; from the German, Kren; from the Flemish, Craen; a personal name.
Crane: a shop sign.
Crane Demographics
Average Crane Salary in
United States
$44,992 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Crane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Crane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Crane (Arabic: كراين) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Crané. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Crane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,199th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 92,432 people. Crane occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Crane reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 289,943rd most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 797 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 53,122 people, or 1 in 6,823. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 109 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Crane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Crane has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 365 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 398 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Crane Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Crane surname is primarily Catholic (63%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Crane surname are 15.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Crane earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 190.48% more than the national average, earning 1,005,280 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 155.61% more than the national average, earning R 607,428 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.6% less than the national average, earning $19,614,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.27% more than the national average, earning $44,992 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.64% less than the national average, earning $48,870 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Crane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Crane in the Arabic language | ||
| كراين | krayn | - |
| آرين | aryn | - |
| كرين | kryn | - |
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