Cruickshank Surname

28,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Cruickshank Surname Definition:

(Scottish) Dweller at, or near, the crooked projecting point of a hill; a person with bow legs.

Cruickshank Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3,6171:1,480265
Australia3,5811:7,5391,118
United States2,9831:121,50812,976
England2,7521:20,2462,867
Canada2,6221:14,0522,072
New Zealand6691:6,7691,135
Trinidad and Tobago6281:2,172374
South Africa4031:134,43615,622
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Jamaica2131:13,4741,340
Northern Ireland1951:9,4621,528
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1821:619134
Guyana1201:6,3521,085
Wales1031:30,0443,055
Grenada451:2,412398
Norway351:146,92218,432
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Oman141:263,4264,299
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States Virgin Islands111:10,0341,440
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Belize51:71,0952,977
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Malta41:107,5681,849
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
China21:683,660,78330,601
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Dominica11:75,891912
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3,0711:1,219214
England3081:79,1418,540
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:304,35624,088

Cruickshank (15) may also be a first name.

Cruickshank Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish) Dweller at, or near, the crooked projecting point of a hill; a person with bow legs.

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

Cruickshank Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cruickshank (Arabic: كروكشانك) occurs in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cruickshank.

How Common Is The Last Name Cruickshank? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 28,429th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 385,625 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Cruickshank reside; 36 percent reside in Northern Europe and 35 percent reside in British Isles. Cruickshank is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

It is most frequent in Scotland, where it is carried by 3,617 people, or 1 in 1,480. In Scotland Cruickshank is most numerous in: Aberdeenshire, where 25 percent are found, Aberdeen City, where 17 percent are found and Moray, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Scotland it is found in 75 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Cruickshank Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cruickshank has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Cruickshank last name increased 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,808 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 894 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,060 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 22 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cruickshank Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (70%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cruickshank surname are 3.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.08% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cruickshank earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.21% less than the national average, earning 296,905 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 92.45% more than the national average, earning R 457,332 per year; in United States they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning $48,391 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.51% more than the national average, earning $52,423 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cruickshank Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cruickshank in the Arabic language
كروكشانكkrwkshank-

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