Crews Surname

15,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,833 people bear this surname

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

Crews Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. ' the cruse, 'i.e. the merry; compare Merry, Jolly, Joyce, Merryweather, &c. 'Crous, merry, brisk, lively; cruse or crous, saucy, malapert': Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033.

'Axeyn hem was he kene and crous.

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Crews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,7931:10,7261,310
Canada6451:57,1256,749
England5441:102,42310,776
Australia3871:69,7568,270
Scotland1151:46,5554,133
South Africa731:742,16051,964
Wales661:46,8874,434
New Zealand581:78,07511,384
France301:2,214,091176,965
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
India51:153,413,076951,030
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5291:46,0785,717
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8421:13,0711,683

Crews (100) may also be a first name.

Crews Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. ' the cruse, 'i.e. the merry; compare Merry, Jolly, Joyce, Merryweather, &c. 'Crous, merry, brisk, lively; cruse or crous, saucy, malapert': Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033.

'Axeyn hem was he kene and crous.': Cursor Mundi. (Halliwell).

Nicholas le Cruse, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry Cruse, Bedfordshire, ibid.

(a) Local. A Cornish surname. All the forms are found in the same register.

1637. Baptised — Edward, son of William Cruse: St. Columb Major, Cornwall.

1652. — Arthur, son of William Crews: ibid.

1656. — Elizabeth, d. of William Crewse: ibid.

1668. — William, son of Edward Crewes: ibid.

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

Genit., of Crew(e, q.v. Cp. Cruse.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near a cattle pen; the nimble or lively person; dweller at, or near, a cross.

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

Hugh de Creus and Richard de Creos were of Normandy 1198 (Mag. Rot. Scac.). Creus-Anisy was in Normandy (Ib.). Richard de Crues also occurs in Devon 1199; and the family has remained there ever since.

The Norman People (1874)

Cruse or Cruwys (sometimes modernised as Crews) was the name of a very ancient and distinguished Devonshire family of Netherex, now scantily surviving in the county, as at Ashburton (W. A.). The name is associated with those of Crocker and Coplestone in the old saw before mentioned.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Crews Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crews is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crews? popularity and diffusion

It is the 15,560th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 203,375 people. The surname Crews occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Crews are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 946,056th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 100 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 33,793 people, or 1 in 10,726. In The United States Crews is mostly found in: Florida, where 16 percent are found, Georgia, where 14 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States Crews occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Crews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crews has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 880 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 3,833 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crews Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Crews are 19.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66% registered with the party.

The amount Crews earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.64% more than the national average, earning R 241,524 per year; in United States they earn 4.95% less than the national average, earning $41,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $52,725 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crewse91517/
Crewss916/
Dcrews911/
Creews911/
Creaws911/
D'Crews833/
Crebs80428/
Crewz8045/
Krews809/
Crefs805/
Crewx801/
Crevs801/
Kriews7397/
Krewsz731/
Cairws731/
Krewse731/
Creffs730/
Creavs730/
Creebs730/
Krewsch671/
Cruywse670/

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