Crawshaw Surname
Approximately 5,461 people bear this surname
Crawshaw Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawshaw,' now called Crawshaw-booth, a hamlet in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire.
Adam de Crawschawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Juliana de Crawschaw, 1379: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameCrawshaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,775 | 1:20,079 | 2,844 |
| United States | 1,058 | 1:342,589 | 30,827 |
| Australia | 742 | 1:36,382 | 4,781 |
| New Zealand | 345 | 1:13,126 | 2,286 |
| Canada | 237 | 1:155,467 | 15,773 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:48,352 | 4,540 |
| Scotland | 58 | 1:92,307 | 6,478 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Isle of Man | 16 | 1:5,364 | 1,196 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,336 | 1:10,435 | 1,583 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 188 | 1:267,121 | 21,813 |
Crawshaw Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawshaw,' now called Crawshaw-booth, a hamlet in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire.
Adam de Crawschawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Juliana de Crawschaw, 1379: ibid.
Thomas Crawshaw, of New Hall Hey, 1602: Wills at Chester.
1758. Married — William Crawshaw and Emma Brummell: St. George, Hanover Square.
1760. — Thomas Hill and Susanna Crawshay: ibid.
English surnames of local origin from Crawshaw, a hamlet in Lancashire. Richard Crawshaw in Collionard, 1781 (Aberdeen CR.).
(English) belonging to Crawshaw = the Crow-Wood [Old English craw, a crow + sc(e)aga, a wood]
A location name in Lancashire.
The Crawshaws are now best represented in the district of Sheffield. They take the name of a Lancashire village, from which they originally hailed, but they were well established in the parish of Ecclesfield in the reign of Elizabeth (Ga.), and in the time of Cromwell in the parish of Arksey (H. Y.). The name is still in Arksey.
User-submitted Reference
My family member, John Crawshaw, came from Huddersfield, UK and settled in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USA. My branch later migrated to Newburyport, Massachusetts where Crawshaws lived for over 100 years, but are yet again dispersed.
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Crawshaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Crawshaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Crawshaw is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Crawshaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 88,021st most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,334,471 people. The surname Crawshaw occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Crawshaw live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in British Isles.
Crawshaw is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 2,775 people, or 1 in 20,079. In England it is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 26 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found and Lancashire, where 8 percent are found. Excluding England this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.
Crawshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Crawshaw has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 563 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Crawshaw Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Crawshaw are 10.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.09% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Crawshaw earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.04% more than the national average, earning R 458,748 per year; in United States they earn 4.32% more than the national average, earning $45,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning $53,794 CAD per year.
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