Cruft Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cruft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cruft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:1,688,42669,999
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Cruft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cruft is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cruft click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cruft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cruft is the 2,555,468th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Cruft live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

Cruft is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,688,426. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 30 percent live, Kent, where 27 percent live and Bedfordshire, where 18 percent live. Outside of England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live and Scotland, where 5 percent live.

Cruft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cruft has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 206 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 119 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cruft Last Name Statistics demography

Cruft earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.55% less than the national average, earning $36,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crauft910/
Cruf892/
Schruft8313/
Kruft801,006/
Cruff80272/
Cruif801/
Crufe801/
Crouf801/
Crufs800/
Crupf800/
Crauf800/
Cruyff7384/
Krauft7327/
Krufft7311/
Crooft734/
Croufe733/
Kruyft731/
Krouft730/
Kruf67186/
Cruijff6755/
Crub6747/
Cruv6745/
Cruw673/
Cruzpfs672/
Criffth671/
Qruf671/
Kraufft670/
Kroupft670/

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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 Cruft
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