Crawford Surname

1,811th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302,730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Crawford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawford,' a parish in Lanarkshire, also several smaller places in North Britain. 'Sir Reginald de Craufurd, sheriff of Ayrshire in 1296, seems to have been the common ancestor of many branches of the family' (Lower's Patr.

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Crawford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States215,5321:1,682134
England20,0271:2,782369
Australia19,1631:1,409157
Canada16,4831:2,235245
Scotland9,0601:59179
Northern Ireland4,2481:43446
New Zealand3,9991:1,132101
Jamaica3,1131:922172
South Africa2,2741:23,8253,027
Ireland1,3421:3,509620
Guyana6921:1,101169
Liberia6471:6,814807
Wales5811:5,326584
Belize5531:643131
Thailand5101:138,50721,549
Vanuatu3931:670148
Trinidad and Tobago3831:3,561592
Barbados2751:1,045248
Costa Rica2181:21,927752
Germany2001:402,52737,103
Netherlands1811:93,29915,307
France1421:467,76666,487
Brazil1341:1,597,57052,858
Portugal1321:78,9263,983
Ecuador1271:125,2436,679
Suriname1211:4,567989
Japan1191:1,074,32220,778
Spain1151:406,53922,087
Panama1091:35,8921,979
Nicaragua1041:57,8951,506
Chile1001:176,1655,766
Philippines971:1,043,69387,866
Sweden891:110,6387,962
Zimbabwe781:197,92623,035
Bahamas651:6,027567
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
French Polynesia611:4,6031,039
India611:12,574,842222,490
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Mexico561:2,216,53919,710
Colombia531:901,3988,853
Denmark451:125,43811,414
Switzerland451:182,50916,410
Antigua and Barbuda441:2,254360
Jersey411:2,420410
Saint Kitts and Nevis361:1,533275
United States Virgin Islands321:3,449570
China311:44,107,1472,374
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Hong Kong291:252,9483,050
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Grenada281:3,876538
Isle of Man281:3,065663
Norway281:183,65321,594
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Guam251:6,405908
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Austria221:387,06540,442
Finland221:249,85019,707
Guernsey221:2,929767
Anguilla181:74673
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
British Virgin Islands171:1,858249
Gibraltar161:2,122483
South Korea131:3,941,558724
Cayman Islands111:5,808770
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Israel91:950,84857,975
Swaziland91:144,244719
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Ghana61:4,503,44915,363
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Albania31:971,35222,477
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Libya31:2,081,3256,108
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Egypt21:45,967,877132,655
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Rwanda21:5,682,4895,910
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominica11:75,891912
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,3531:1,018184
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland8,8421:42368
England5,7941:4,207623
Wales941:16,685993
Jersey121:4,324761
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States39,9571:1,257117

Crawford (5,194) may also be a first name.

Crawford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawford,' a parish in Lanarkshire, also several smaller places in North Britain. 'Sir Reginald de Craufurd, sheriff of Ayrshire in 1296, seems to have been the common ancestor of many branches of the family' (Lower's Patr. Brit). The variants of this surname are extremely numerous, among which are Crowfoot, Crafford, Croffit; v. Crofford.

Nicholas de Crauford, Somerset, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Crauford, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1685. Baptised — Anne, d. John Crawford: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1744. Buried — A. Crawford: St. Thomas the Apostle (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Crawford = the Crow-Ford, i.e., a ford by a colony of crows or rooks [Old English cráwe, a crow + ford] Crawford in Lanarkshire was spelt Cranford, c. 1150.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Bibl; App. infra

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Castle Ford”. Place name in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Scottish, English) One from Crawford (crow’s pass), in Lanarkshire; dweller near a river crossing where crows were seen.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish of Lanarkshire, and several other places in North Britain. Sir Reginald de Craufurd, sheriff of Ayrshire in 1296, seems to have been the common ancestor of many branches of the family. The name was anciently written Craufuird.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local: from the barony of Crawford in Lanarkshire-cru, bloody, and ford, a pass. The family are descended from Reginald de Crawford, living in the beginning of the twelfth century, who was the youngest son of Alan fourth Earl of Richmond.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Local. First assumed by the proprietor of the lands and barony of Crawford, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The extreme ancestor of the ancient family of Crawford, in Scotland, was Reginald, youngest son of Alan, the fourth Earl of Richmond. He seems to have accompanied David the First to the north, and to have received extensive grants of land in Strath Cluyd, or Clydesdale, whence his immediate descendants adopted the name of Crawford, then forming one of the largest baronies in Scotland, and signifying in Gaelic "The pass of blood," from cru, bloody, and ford, a pass or way, as commemorative, probably, of some sanguinary conflict between the Aborigines and the Roman invaders. The name has been derived by others from crodh and port, pronounced cro—fort, signifying "a sheltering place for cattle."

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Dorset, Lanark, Lancashire.

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

User-submitted Reference

The Crawfords take their name from the Lanarkshire village 50 miles south of Glasgow and 53 miles north of Carlisle. The name refers to a ford (river crossing) near a colony of crows. The name can also derive from the nearby village of Crawfordjohn, also in Lanarkshire. Crawford Castle residence of William Wallace, which lies a mile to the north.

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(Scottish) The Crawford surname derives from the name of a Parish in Lanarkshire.

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Crawford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crawford (Arabic: كراوفورد) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Crawford.

How Common Is The Last Name Crawford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,811th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,073 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Crawford reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 93,952nd most commonly used first name globally, held by 5,194 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 215,532 people, or 1 in 1,682. In The United States Crawford is most numerous in: California, where 8 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 148 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Crawford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Crawford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Crawford surname expanded 539 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 346 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 69 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 618 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crawford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crawford last name are 13.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.99% being registered with the political party.

The amount Crawford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.01% less than the national average, earning 311,433 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 70.57% more than the national average, earning R 405,348 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.54% more than the national average, earning $28,046,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.28% less than the national average, earning $41,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.46% more than the national average, earning $51,900 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Crawford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Crawford in the Arabic language
كراوفوردkrawfwrd-

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