Creswell Surname

98,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Creswell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cresswell.' Two parishes bear this name, one in Northumberland, the other in Staffordshire.

Thomas de Cressewell, Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Creswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7321:97,12210,831
England4761:117,05511,917
Australia1861:145,13815,497
Canada1351:272,93025,634
New Zealand1131:40,0746,748
Scotland481:111,5387,348
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Panama111:355,6607,645
Wales71:442,07621,198
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland711:62,3924,829
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9441:25,8213,543
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8861:56,6806,321

Creswell (289) may also be a first name.

Creswell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cresswell.' Two parishes bear this name, one in Northumberland, the other in Staffordshire.

Thomas de Cressewell, Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Henry de Creswell, Staffordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Robert Cressewyle, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ricardus Cresuill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Emmot Creswyll, 1379: ibid.

John Cresswell, Yorkshire, 1591-2: Register of the University of Oxford.

1615. Baptised — Parnell, d. John Creswell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) belonging to Cres(s)well = the Cress-Spring [Old English cresse + wiella]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Cresswell (stream where Watercress grew), in Derbyshire. There were parishes named Cresswell in Northumberland and Staffordshire also.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Creswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Creswell occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Creswell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 98,258th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,510,059 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Creswell reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Creswell is also the 519,842nd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 289 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,732 people, or 1 in 97,122. In The United States Creswell is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Tennessee, where 7 percent live and South Carolina, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Creswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Creswell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Creswell surname rose 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 533 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Creswell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States Creswell are 16.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.27% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Creswell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 175.34% more than the national average, earning R 654,324 per year; in United States they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $43,546 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.43% less than the national average, earning $45,992 CAD per year.

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