Cronk Surname

53,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Cronk Surname Definition:

A variant of Crank, q.v.

Cronk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,1181:50,9216,142
Canada9371:39,3234,928
England6741:82,6689,124
Australia6031:44,7695,634
South Africa1471:368,55633,364
Wales231:134,5459,804
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
France81:8,302,840321,660
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4101:59,4526,973
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9221:26,1283,211

Cronk (13) may also be a first name.

Cronk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Crank, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the German, Krancke; a personal name.$

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

Cronk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cronk is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cronk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 53,443rd most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 762,774 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Cronk are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Cronk is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 13 people.

Cronk is most common in The United States, where it is held by 7,118 people, or 1 in 50,921. In The United States Cronk is most prevalent in: New York, where 13 percent live, Michigan, where 11 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Cronk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cronk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cronk last name expanded 370 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cronk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cronk surname are 14.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cronk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 97.47% more than the national average, earning R 469,272 per year; in United States they earn 7.19% more than the national average, earning $46,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.22% more than the national average, earning $50,291 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crounk91273/
Cronck9114/
Cronke914/
Schronk83230/
Chronck830/
Crank805,749/
Crunk801,494/
Kronk801,450/
Crong80272/
Cronx804/
Cromk802/
Zronk801/
Schrronk774/
Schroink770/
Kronke73203/
Cranke73148/
Shronk7351/
Croeng7333/
Chrong7321/
Chronc7312/
Cruong739/
Scrong737/
Cranck736/
Kroenk733/
Chrank732/
Krongk732/
Chrunk731/
Scrank731/
Scronc731/
Croing731/
Kronck731/
Crunke730/
Zronck730/
Crunck730/
Kronks730/
Crhonková71224/
Crhonkova711/
Schrank675,452/
Kroncke67369/
Cronque67138/
Krohnke67118/
Crhounková6713/
Schronková678/
Craunke677/
Crongue671/
Crhounkova671/
Schromk671/
Srotink671/

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Cronk Reference & Research

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Cronk-Krank 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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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cronk
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