Crum Surname

21,465th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,392 people bear this surname

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

Crum Surname Definition:

(English) The crooked, or deformed, person.

Crum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States24,2271:14,9611,880
Netherlands4061:41,5947,055
England2291:243,31019,878
New Zealand1451:31,2305,420
Canada821:449,33638,948
Scotland691:77,5925,787
Australia601:449,92835,109
Wales361:85,9597,098
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Cambodia181:860,3975,106
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
France61:11,070,454349,096
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1041:35,9922,855
England441:553,98629,025
Wales311:50,5942,584
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0471:12,4091,606

Crum (53) may also be a first name.

Crum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The crooked, or deformed, person.

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

Crum Last Name Facts

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

Crum is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Crum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 21,465th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 287,002 people. Crum is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Crum live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 53 people.

The surname Crum is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 24,227 people, or 1 in 14,961. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 9 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 41 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Crum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Crum last name grew 599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 520 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 34 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Crum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Crum last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crum last name are 21.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Crum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 135.6% more than the national average, earning R 559,884 per year; in United States they earn 4.61% less than the national average, earning $41,159 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.32% less than the national average, earning $48,034 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crume892,153/
Crumm89716/
Chrum89113/
Scrum8957/
Croum8930/
Crumt8914/
Cruhm8910/
Craum891/
Crusm891/
Crumk891/
Crumd891/
Cruim890/
Crumn890/
Schrum803,090/
Crusem80234/
Crusim80141/
Crumme8032/
Crumne803/
Crucem803/
Chrume802/
Chroum802/
Chreum800/
Croume800/
Krum754,195/
Crun752,214/
Crom751,271/
Zrum75189/
Srum75127/
Xrum751/
Qrum751/
Jrum750/
Schrumm7393/
Schraum736/
Schruhm735/
Crumnne732/
Crussem732/
Crumova731/
Crumhsh731/
Schroum730/
Crousem730/
Krumm6710,711/
Shrum676,831/
Croom676,123/
Sørum671,539/
Craun671,307/
Kroum67813/
Cromm67313/
Crung67266/
Kruhm67262/
Krume6797/
Jørum6784/
Croem6764/
Kraum6759/
Crune6723/
Krumn6722/
Khrum6715/
Crunt6710/
Sroum679/
Croun676/
Åsrum676/
Sraum674/
Qroum673/
Cruhn672/
Qurum672/
Kreum672/
Cruin672/
Sreum671/
Krgum671/
Kruum671/
Tzrum671/
Zroum671/
Ckrom671/
Hkrum671/
Creun670/
Crunn670/

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Crum Reference & Research

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