Crew Surname

44,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,670 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Crew Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crew,' a township in the parish of Farndon, Cheshire, now a large and thriving town since it became the centre of so much railway activity.

Robert Crewe, of Wallasey, 1608: Wills at Chester.

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Crew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5931:64,8067,578
England2,4741:22,5213,148
Australia7661:35,2424,651
Russia5801:248,48826,365
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Canada3001:122,81912,877
Israel2361:36,2615,028
South Africa2071:261,72826,279
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Wales1421:21,7922,311
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Jamaica821:34,9992,417
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Indonesia481:2,755,192158,430
Belarus471:202,15025,664
India391:19,668,343291,059
France381:1,747,966156,445
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Kazakhstan261:680,09645,825
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
Transnistria231:20,6393,640
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Brunei21:209,3663,098
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8201:13,3932,021
Wales541:29,0451,617
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1711:42,8854,991

Crew (164) may also be a first name.

Crew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crew,' a township in the parish of Farndon, Cheshire, now a large and thriving town since it became the centre of so much railway activity.

Robert Crewe, of Wallasey, 1608: Wills at Chester.

Thomas Crewe, of Holt, 1613: ibid.

Elizabeth Crew, of Houghton, 1600: ibid. (1681-1700).

Urian Crewe, of Tushingham, yeoman, 1697: ibid.

1611. Baptised — Roger, s. Helen Crewe: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1654. — Ann, d. Isaac Crewe: ibid.

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

(Anglo-Celt.) belonging to Crewe (Chesh.) or Dweller at a Cattle-Pen or Cattle-Fold [Dialectal English: cp. O.Wel. creu, crau, a pen, sty, hut = Gaelic and Irish cró, a fold, pen, &c.] (Celtic) 1 Dweller at a Tree [Gaelic and Irish craebh, craobh] 2 a shortened form of Carew, q.v. (Anglo-French-Latin) Rough, Coarse, Harsh [French cru(e, Latin crud-us] We find the French dimin. surname Cru-et.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the French, Croux; a personal name.

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

Crew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crew (Arabic: كريو) occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 44,505th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 624,468 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Crew are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 715,247th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 164 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,593 people, or 1 in 64,806. In The United States Crew is most numerous in: Georgia, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 113 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Crew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Crew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Crew surname expanded 478 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 447 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Crew surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (77%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Crew surname are 18.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.28% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crew earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.32% more than the national average, earning R 419,004 per year; in United States they earn 3.52% less than the national average, earning $41,630 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% less than the national average, earning $48,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crewe894,703/
Crewz8945/
Crewf894/
Creew892/
Kcrew891/
Crewt891/
Criew890/
Creaw890/
Creews801/
Creaws801/
Crehew800/
Crev75133/
Krew7537/
Creb7515/
Qrew752/
Cerw751/
D'Crews733/
Creef671,121/
Creff67757/
Creyf67372/
Creft67140/
Chirw6730/
Crief6725/
Kreuw6719/
Chref6718/
Krewe6713/
Krews679/
Creva678/
Kresw676/
Zreew675/
Chreb675/
Crefs675/
Crife673/
Kreew673/
Crefe671/
Croyw671/
Crjjw671/
Cojrw671/
Cihrw671/
Kkrew671/
Crevs671/
Krewt671/
Crevz670/
Creeb670/
Creph670/
Creib670/
Creev670/

Crew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Crew in the Arabic language
كريوkryw-

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Crew Reference & Research

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Crow, Crowe, Craw, 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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