Crumb Surname

128,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Crumb Surname Definition:

(English) Crooked [Old English crumb) Cp. Crump.

Crumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0141:120,25812,873
Canada3441:107,10911,509
England601:928,63447,428
Philippines571:1,776,109113,042
Wales461:67,2725,910
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
Wales241:65,3513,160
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0131:49,5745,639

Crumb (18) may also be a first name.

Crumb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Crooked [Old English crumb) Cp. Crump.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The crooked, maimed or deformed person.

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

Most probably the same as Crome, Croom, Croome, Crum; from Anglo-Saxon crumb, crump, crymbig, W. crum, bending, concave; Gael, cròm, bent or bandy-legged; German, krum, Pl. D. krom, crooked, crumped, curvus. Hence doubtless Groom, Groome, Crump, Crimp.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Crumb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crumb is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Crumb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crumb? popularity and diffusion

Crumb is the 128,143rd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,059,210 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Crumb live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 3,014 people, or 1 in 120,258. In The United States Crumb is most prevalent in: California, where 7 percent are found, Nevada, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States Crumb exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Crumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Crumb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 298 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 128 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 192 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crumb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Crumb surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crumb surname are 15.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.89% being registered with the party.

The amount Crumb earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.65% less than the national average, earning $41,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $51,188 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crumbs9163/
Croumb911/
Crump8035,672/
Cromb80529/
Krumb80362/
Crunb801/
Crumf800/
Srumb800/
Crumps7341/
Crumpe7337/
Croump7336/
Crumpp739/
Crumpt733/
Crumfe730/
Crumnp730/
Crummp730/
Crumff730/
Craump730/
Scrump730/
Shrumb730/
Crumph730/
Schrump67176/
Scrumpf671/

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Crumb Reference & Research

Crum/Crumb/Krum FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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