Criag Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

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

Criag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Criag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Wales41:773,63329,106
England21:27,859,030389,889
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Criag (986) may also be a first name.

Criag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Criag is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Criag? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,447,279th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Criag live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 256,549th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 986 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 3,553,519. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Criag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Criag has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 510 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Criag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Criag surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 90% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Criag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 25.69% less than the national average, earning $32,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.74% less than the national average, earning $43,354 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Criagh910/
Chriagh831/
Creag80271/
Criac8032/
Criak8010/
Kriag801/
Creagh733,189/
Crijac7331/
Chriac739/
Creagg730/
Creeagh672/
Criaque672/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Criag
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