Crothers Surname

63,262nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,919 people bear this surname

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

Crothers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the crowder' or 'crowther,' a professional player on the crowd at fair or wedding feast 'Giga, a fiddle, a croud, a kit, a violin' (.Florio); compare Fiddler, Piper.

'The pipe, the tabor, and the trembling crowd.

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Crothers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5491:102,13011,280
Australia1,9651:13,7381,968
Northern Ireland9531:1,936396
Canada4541:81,1589,054
England4391:126,92012,677
New Zealand1471:30,8055,355
Scotland1231:43,5273,964
Wales961:32,2353,244
Ireland601:78,4824,686
Chile531:332,3869,362
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7581:5,844952
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1421:171,65814,473
Scotland261:143,9706,132
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7701:65,2197,108

Crothers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the crowder' or 'crowther,' a professional player on the crowd at fair or wedding feast 'Giga, a fiddle, a croud, a kit, a violin' (.Florio); compare Fiddler, Piper.

'The pipe, the tabor, and the trembling crowd.' Spenser, Fairy Queen.

'But his eldre sone was in the feeld, and whanne he cam and neighede to the hous he herde a symfonye and a crowde': ( Wycliffe) Luke.

Richard le Cruder, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Katerina Crowder, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna Crouder, 1379: ibid.

Thomas le Crouder, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Carruthers,' one of the endless variants of Carruthers, which see. An Americanized form.

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

(Welsh.) A harper, a musician; from crwth, a harp, a Scandinavian fiddle. Gaelic, cruit.

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

The Crowthers have long been established in the district of Halifax: Brian Crowther, who died in 1607, left many bequests for the poor of that town (W.).

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

Crothers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Crothers is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Crothers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crothers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 63,262nd most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 920,261 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Crothers live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,549 people, or 1 in 102,130. In The United States Crothers is most prevalent in: California, where 12 percent reside, Ohio, where 11 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 12 percent reside.

Crothers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Crothers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Crothers surname increased 461 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 309 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 473 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Crothers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (49%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crothers surname are 11.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.58% registered with the party.

The amount Crothers earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 22.2% less than the national average, earning R 184,872 per year; in United States they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning $43,617 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.77% more than the national average, earning $60,997 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crouthers94365/
Crotherrs940/
Chrothers940/
Crothiers940/
Croters930/
Cruthers88463/
Crathers88256/
Srothers880/
Crothersová841/
Crauthers8293/
Krouthers826/
Chruthers821/
Cruythers820/
Crruthers820/
Chrathers820/
Kruthers7578/
Cruthirs756/
Crutters750/

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