Creak Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameCreak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 310 | 1:179,736 | 16,229 |
| Australia | 69 | 1:391,242 | 31,907 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 158 | 1:154,274 | 13,512 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
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.
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).
= Creek, q.v.
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.
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.
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Creak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Creak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Creak occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Creak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 556,360th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Creak are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 179,736. In England Creak is primarily concentrated in: Essex, where 27 percent live, Greater London, where 18 percent live and Northamptonshire, where 5 percent live. Apart from England this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Creak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Creak has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Creak last name rose 196 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Creak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Creak surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.57% being registered with the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creask | 91 | 38 | / |
| Creake | 91 | 3 | / |
| Chreak | 91 | 1 | / |
| Creack | 91 | 0 | / |
| Crak | 89 | 22 | / |
| Crek | 89 | 21 | / |
| Creek | 80 | 7,685 | / |
| Craik | 80 | 2,786 | / |
| Crack | 80 | 1,760 | / |
| Crake | 80 | 929 | / |
| Creag | 80 | 271 | / |
| Chrak | 80 | 219 | / |
| Crayk | 80 | 147 | / |
| Creac | 80 | 147 | / |
| Croek | 80 | 93 | / |
| Crhak | 80 | 45 | / |
| Crauk | 80 | 21 | / |
| Craek | 80 | 20 | / |
| Chrek | 80 | 13 | / |
| Craak | 80 | 13 | / |
| Creik | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kreak | 80 | 11 | / |
| Creyk | 80 | 11 | / |
| Creck | 80 | 9 | / |
| Zreak | 80 | 3 | / |
| Criek | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hcrak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Creke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cresk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Creagh | 73 | 3,189 | / |
| Creyke | 73 | 148 | / |
| Criyak | 73 | 146 | / |
| Creske | 73 | 30 | / |
| Creeke | 73 | 16 | / |
| Crauck | 73 | 13 | / |
| Chroek | 73 | 12 | / |
| Craick | 73 | 12 | / |
| Creeck | 73 | 11 | / |
| Zreľak | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kreake | 73 | 5 | / |
| Crieck | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chreek | 73 | 2 | / |
| Creick | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cracck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Crackz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Crujak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chrakh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chraik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krehak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Crecks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Csrack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Craaks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creesk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crasks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crauks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creags | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creagg | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creuck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Craiks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cryk | 67 | 7,242 | / |
| Krak | 67 | 2,197 | / |
| Krek | 67 | 1,467 | / |
| Crac | 67 | 558 | / |
| Crik | 67 | 430 | / |
| Creac'h | 67 | 263 | / |
| Criyakk | 67 | 162 | / |
| Zrak | 67 | 142 | / |
| Creg | 67 | 102 | / |
| Crag | 67 | 67 | / |
| Crec | 67 | 25 | / |
| Zrek | 67 | 24 | / |
| Crecova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Crex | 67 | 4 | / |
| Creeagh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Creechk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chrakhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Crax | 67 | 1 | / |
| Criyekk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Craweek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crawiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crayakk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Creagch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cregova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qrak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Creek's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Craddck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Creaque | 67 | 0 | / |
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