Crespin Surname
Approximately 22,263 people bear this surname
Crespin Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Crispian,' more generally Crispin; v. Crisp (a) and Cripps (a); compare Crespin, a common Devonshire variant.
Milo fil. Crispin, Oxfordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.
Read More About This SurnameCrespin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 4,662 | 1:14,248 | 1,477 |
| El Salvador | 4,591 | 1:1,382 | 265 |
| Ecuador | 3,423 | 1:4,647 | 787 |
| United States | 2,753 | 1:131,660 | 13,862 |
| Argentina | 2,490 | 1:17,166 | 1,490 |
| Peru | 1,922 | 1:16,537 | 2,061 |
| Spain | 446 | 1:104,825 | 8,444 |
| Brazil | 393 | 1:544,718 | 20,417 |
| Israel | 350 | 1:24,450 | 3,603 |
| Belgium | 295 | 1:38,972 | 6,382 |
| Nicaragua | 162 | 1:37,167 | 1,250 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| England | 104 | 1:535,751 | 33,356 |
| Guatemala | 102 | 1:157,673 | 3,468 |
| Guinea | 58 | 1:204,031 | 996 |
| Mexico | 39 | 1:3,182,723 | 23,538 |
| Honduras | 33 | 1:267,165 | 2,560 |
| Senegal | 31 | 1:470,301 | 2,103 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Jersey | 9 | 1:5,765 | 1,004 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 169 | 1:297,152 | 23,646 |
The alternate forms: Crespín (42) & Crespìn (4) are calculated separately.
Crespin (3,718) may also be a first name.
Crespin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Crispian,' more generally Crispin; v. Crisp (a) and Cripps (a); compare Crespin, a common Devonshire variant.
Milo fil. Crispin, Oxfordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
William Crispin, Wiltshire, ibid.
Peter Crispin, Norfolk, 34 Henry III.
Richer Crispyng, of Norwich, 1392: ibid.
John Crispyng, of Norwich, 1423: ibid.
William fil. Crispian, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert Crispien, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Crispianus de Colrigge, Devon, ibid.
Crispian de Columbers, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Richard Crispine, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Robert Crisping, Lincolnshire, ibid.
1632-3. Ephraim Crispin and Martha Bond, widow: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).
1721. Married — John Bedwell and Jane Crispen: St. Dionis Backchurch.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Crispin,' which see. This variant is found very early in Devon, where Crispin is still a familiar surname.
Richard Crespin, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert Crespin, Devon, ibid.
Nicholas Crespyn, Devon, ibid.
Margery Cressebyn, Dorset, ibid.
M. Crespin is witness to a marriage, July 8, 1794: St. George, Hanover Square.
A popular personal name in the Middle Ages, from Crispinus, the patron saint of shoemakers, a legendary Roman saint who is said to have suffered martyrdom at Soissons in 287 A.D. Roger Crispin had a charter of the lands of Cnoculeran from Robert Bruce, c. 1218 (Annandale, I, p. 5), and Richard Crispin witnessed a charter by Robert de Brus, lord of Annandale, c. 1215—45 (Bain, I, 1680). Crispinus, a cleric of Paisley, was a charter witness in 1246 (RMP., p. 89), and Richard Crispin witnessed a charter by Alexander, son of Walter the Steward in 1252 (ibid., p. 91). Elizabeth Cryspyne resigned the lands of Brandriggs in Annandale in 1410 (Laing, 90). As forename we have Crispinie Swyne in Dunfermline, 1581, and Crispine or Crispinion Swyne in Dysart, 1641 (PBK., p. 209; Dunfermline).
= Cpispin, q.v.
Grimaldus I., prince of Monaco, married Crispina, daughter of Rollo, duke of Normandy, and had, besides other children, Crispinus, baron of Bec, who flourished about the year 1000. The next in succession assumed the paternal name by way of surname, and was called Gilbert Crispin, baron of Bec. He had three sons William, Gilbert, and Milo. William and Gilbert fought at the battle of Hastings, and Milo, whether present or not on that memorable field, received a large share in the spoil, namely the honour of Wallingford and eighty-eight lordships. See Gent. Mag., Jan. 1832.
From the family of Beccrespin, Normandy. See Jocelyn.
Crespin Demographics
Average Crespin Salary in
United States
$40,829 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Crespin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Crespin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Crespin is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Crespín or Crespìn. Click here for other possible spellings of Crespin.
How Common Is The Last Name Crespin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,295th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 327,339 people. Crespin is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Crespin reside; 37 percent reside in South America and 24 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 115,525th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 3,718 people.
This last name is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 4,662 people, or 1 in 14,248. In France Crespin is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 18 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 13 percent reside. Not including France Crespin occurs in 74 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 21 percent reside and Ecuador, where 15 percent reside.
Crespin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Crespin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Crespin last name grew 1,629 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 306 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Crespin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Crespin surname are 0.15000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.38% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Crespin earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 18.16% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,865 per year; in Colombia they earn 39.01% less than the national average, earning $13,846,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.38% less than the national average, earning $40,829 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.48% less than the national average, earning $39,011 CAD per year.
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