Creak Surname

556,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Creak Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of the creek'; North-Eng. crake and emit, a bend, an inlet, a cove; compare Crakevalley, near Ulverston; (a) 'of Craike,' a parish in County Durham, three miles from Easingwold. Probably the origin is the same.

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Creak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3101:179,73616,229
Australia691:391,24231,907
United States691:5,253,028264,570
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Israel191:450,40234,739
Iran151:5,118,835123,814
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Wales81:386,81619,671
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1581:154,27413,512
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Creak Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of the creek'; North-Eng. crake and emit, a bend, an inlet, a cove; compare Crakevalley, near Ulverston; (a) 'of Craike,' a parish in County Durham, three miles from Easingwold. Probably the origin is the same.

Ralph Crake, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Philippus de Crayk, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Elena Crayke, 1379: ibid.

1653. Married — Thomas Creak, Herefordshire (sic) and Elizabeth Warren: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1788. Married — William Appleby and Bib. Creek: St. George, Hanover Square.

1791. — William Staines and Mary Crake: ibid.

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

From Crayke, a village in Yorkshire. An old surname in the Lowlands. Three individuals of the name rendered homage in 1296: Henry de Crake of Dumfriesshire, James de Crake of Selkirkshire, and John de Crak' of Edinburghshire (Bain, II, p. 201,209, 212). The seal of the latter bears a hound running, S' Joh'is de Crake (ibid., p. 547). Adam de Crake was juror on an inquest at Roxburgh, 1303, and Walter de Creyk leased two-thirds of the manor of Blakeder (ibid., 1435; III, p. 37). Thomas Crac, a Scots prisoner of war in the Tower of London, released in 1413 (ibid., IV, 839). Individuals named Crak and Crake were admitted burgesses of Aberdeen, 1458 and 1513 (NSCM., I, p. 16, 45), Andrew Craik witnessed a "letter of sesing of the hold of Dumdurnach," 1453 (CAB., p. 541), and Thomas Creke, a Scot born in Aberdeen, had letters of denisation in England, 1480 (Bain, IV, 1465).

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

= Creek, q.v.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This ancient Irish family claim descent from the famous Niall of the Nine Hostages, and they bore his name until, in a campaign against the Danes, the head of this section having come off victorious, the citizens of Limerick placed green boughs in the headstalls of their deliverer's horses, and the chief himself received the complimentary title of O'Niall na Creavh, or "O'Niall of the Green Branch." The crest of the Creaghs of Ballyandrew, co. Cork, is a horse's head with a laurel branch in the headstall of the bridle. B.L.G.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Creake; a location name in Norfolk Or from the Old Norse, Kráka; nickname (a crow). Comp. Corn-crake; from the German, Kreks; from the Swedish, Kraak, Krok; from the Danish, Krack, Krok; from the Flemish, Crack; from the Dutch, Kriek, Crick; in the Domesday Book, Crac, Croc; personal name Saxon tenants, or the Celtic Crug (Creege), Scotland., Craig.

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

Average Creak Salary in
United States

$45,182 USD

Per year
Rank:
572,165 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.6489E-5
Rank: 214,308 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
104.71%
Sample size: 50 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Creak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Creak is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Creak? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 556,360th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Creak reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Creak is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 179,736. In England Creak is most numerous in: Essex, where 27 percent reside, Greater London, where 18 percent reside and Northamptonshire, where 5 percent reside. Outside of England it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Creak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Creak has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 196 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Creak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Creak surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.57% being registered with the party.

The amount Creak earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.63% less than the national average, earning $40,427 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Creask9138/
Creake913/
Chreak911/
Creack910/
Crak8922/
Crek8921/
Creek807,685/
Craik802,786/
Crack801,760/
Crake80929/
Creag80271/
Chrak80219/
Crayk80147/
Creac80147/
Croek8093/
Crhak8045/
Crauk8021/
Craek8020/
Chrek8013/
Craak8013/
Creik8011/
Kreak8011/
Creyk8011/
Creck809/
Zreak803/
Criek802/
Hcrak801/
Creke801/
Cresk800/
Creagh733,189/
Creyke73148/
Criyak73146/
Creske7330/
Creeke7316/
Crauck7313/
Chroek7312/
Craick7312/
Creeck7311/
Zreľak737/
Kreake735/
Crieck735/
Chreek732/
Creick732/
Cracck731/
Crackz731/
Crujak731/
Chrakh731/
Chraik731/
Krehak731/
Crecks731/
Csrack731/
Craaks730/
Creesk730/
Crasks730/
Crauks730/
Creags730/
Creagg730/
Creuck730/
Craiks730/
Cryk677,242/
Krak672,197/
Krek671,467/
Crac67558/
Crik67430/
Creac'h67263/
Criyakk67162/
Zrak67142/
Creg67102/
Crag6767/
Crec6725/
Zrek6724/
Crecova675/
Crex674/
Creeagh672/
Creechk672/
Chrakhe672/
Crax671/
Criyekk671/
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Creaque670/
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