Crawshaw Surname

88,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

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.

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Crawshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7751:20,0792,844
United States1,0581:342,58930,827
Australia7421:36,3824,781
New Zealand3451:13,1262,286
Canada2371:155,46715,773
Wales641:48,3524,540
Scotland581:92,3076,478
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Isle of Man161:5,3641,196
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
France91:7,380,302306,885
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3361:10,4351,583
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

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.

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

English surnames of local origin from Crawshaw, a hamlet in Lancashire. Richard Crawshaw in Collionard, 1781 (Aberdeen CR.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Crawshaw = the Crow-Wood [Old English craw, a crow + sc(e)aga, a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Lancashire.

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

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.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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.

- mfrench

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crawshawe943/
Crawshaws941/
Crowshaw88378/
Crabshaw881/
Crawsaaw881/
Crawshow880/
Craivshaw821/
Crawsow800/
Crowshow752/
Kravshova591/
Krawzow5346/
Cravzow533/
Crowsaw531/
Kravsova5016/
Cravchov501/

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