Crayton Surname

63,649th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Crayton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crayton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3121:49,5706,008
England2591:215,12818,355
Liberia1711:25,7812,517
Scotland361:148,7178,826
France281:2,372,240182,981
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Wales41:773,63329,106
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:320,72921,086
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8301:60,5046,667

Crayton (495) may also be a first name.

Crayton Last Name Facts

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

Crayton is most common in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Crayton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Crayton is the 63,649th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 925,991 people. The last name Crayton is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Crayton live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Crayton is also the 381,460th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 495 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 7,312 people, or 1 in 49,570. In The United States Crayton is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Crayton exists in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.

Crayton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crayton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Crayton last name increased 881 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 341 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 3,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crayton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Crayton are 1.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.62% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Crayton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 499.96% more than the national average, earning R 1,425,740 per year and in United States they earn 9.85% less than the national average, earning $38,900 USD per year.

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Crayton Reference & Research

Crayton FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Crayton 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

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Crayton
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