Crittenden Surname

49,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Crittenden Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Criddon, formerly Critendone (Cridela’s hill), in Shropshire.

Crittenden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,5111:42,5875,224
England8531:65,3207,596
Canada5151:71,5458,161
Australia4921:54,8696,729
Isle of Man271:3,179679
Scotland141:382,41616,471
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
France41:16,605,680368,153
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2791:87,3679,159
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7751:28,2923,466

Crittenden (40) may also be a first name.

Crittenden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Criddon, formerly Critendone (Cridela’s hill), in Shropshire.

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

vulgo CRITTENDEN. A place in West Kent. In 1481 the name was written Crotynden.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Cornish-British and Welsh.) Local. The cot on the lower hill; from cru, a cot; tane, lower, and dun or din, a hill; or it may be the chalk hill, from krit, Saxon, chalk.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Crittenden Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crittenden is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crittenden? popularity and diffusion

The surname Crittenden is the 49,170th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 695,908 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Crittenden live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 40 people.

The last name Crittenden is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,511 people, or 1 in 42,587. In The United States Crittenden is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Alabama, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Crittenden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Crittenden has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 479 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 306 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crittenden Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Crittenden are 12.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.51% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crittenden earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.09% less than the national average, earning R 154,260 per year; in United States they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning $40,168 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $50,769 CAD per year.

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Crittenden Reference & Research

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