Croyston Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Croyston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Croyston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Croyston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Croyston is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Croyston? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Croyston is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Croyston are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Croyston is primarily found in: Greater London, where 75 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 25 percent live. Excluding England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent live and Italy, where 22 percent live.

Croyston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Croyston has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Croston933,190/
Cryston933/
Croyton932/
Crayston88342/
Crosston8839/
Chroston8825/
Crouston883/
Croxston882/
Chryston882/
Croton86520/
Cryton86211/
Chrystone824/
Craystone820/
Crayton807,870/
Croxton803,114/
Creston80399/
Kryston80172/
Crotone80168/
Crouton80132/
Craston80103/
Criston8089/
Creyton8017/
Crostan809/
Croiton801/
Crotton801/
Crozton801/
Crystan801/
Crytone801/
Crostom800/
Kroston800/
Crayishton780/
Chryioston780/
Christon751,695/
Krzyston75208/
Kryshton7579/
Chrystan7541/
Chreston7524/
Chraston7515/
Crouthon755/
Cruytong753/
Crochton752/
Cristoin752/
Kryzston751/
Crasston751/
Crayhton751/
Cristone751/
Kryszton751/
Crosstan751/
Crotonne751/
Cristoon751/
Crysthan751/
Creiston751/
Crishton750/
Shroston750/
Crauston750/
Creyhton750/
Craaston750/
Cresston750/
Craytone750/
Creton714,218/
Craton71697/
Krzyszton71226/
Criton71221/
Christoun7132/
Kryton7123/
Créton7117/
Christone7114/
Kroton718/
Crotan711/
Crischton711/
Creishton711/
Christoin711/
Craythone711/
Chrysthan711/
Cristonne711/
Cristoine711/
Christton710/
Chrishton710/
Chrieston710/
Schriston710/
Cristão676,895/
Kriston672,300/
Cretton672,005/
Cristan671,270/
Crestan67635/
Critton67458/
Creaton67265/
Cretone67255/
Craxton67182/
Krystoń67159/
Kreston67124/
Critone6757/
Krayton6744/
Crastan6739/
Cristun6738/
Krystan6733/
Crethon6730/
Cratton6727/
Craeton6714/
Creeton676/
Croxtom673/
Crueton673/
Kryzton673/
Krostan673/
Crotoum673/
Cristom673/
Crieton672/
Kreyton672/
Cristán672/
Kroeton671/
Crithon671/
Crothan671/
Crathon671/
Craytan671/
Christosen671/
Crixton671/
Cratone671/
Creiton671/
Craiton670/
Krotton670/
Cruiton670/
Kraston670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Croyston
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