Crumpton Surname

62,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Crumpton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crompton,' a township in the parish of Oldham, Lancashire This surname has ramified strongly throughout Lancashire, and is well known in the States.

Hugh de Crompton, Lancashire, 30 Hen: Baines' Lane.

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Crumpton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,4101:56,5466,731
England1,1991:46,4705,845
Australia2511:107,55312,029
Wales511:60,6775,433
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Scotland461:116,3877,543
Canada441:837,40065,151
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6931:35,1744,600
Wales111:142,5835,610
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7071:71,0317,643

Crumpton (22) may also be a first name.

Crumpton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crompton,' a township in the parish of Oldham, Lancashire This surname has ramified strongly throughout Lancashire, and is well known in the States.

Hugh de Crompton, Lancashire, 30 Hen: Baines' Lane.

Edward Crompton, of Crompton, 1587: Wills at Chester.

John Crompton, of Dean, 1554: ibid.

Richard Crompton, of Radcliffe, 1612: ibid.

1781. Married — John Crompton and Ruth Baxter: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Crompton, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township in Lancashire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Cromptons are best represented in the Bolton district. They derive their name from more than one township in the county. They were well established in the parish of Rochdale daring the 16th century (F.), and still occur there. Peter Crompton was one of the constables of Manchester in 1767, and Nathan Crompton filled the office of boroughreeve of that town in 1791 (B.). Samuel Crompton, a weaver of Hall - in - the - Wood near Bolton, made his family and his fortune by his invention of the mule spinning - frame in 1775 (B.). The Derbyshire Cromptons, a distinguished family of last century, were descended from Abraham Crompton of Brightmet, Lancashire, in the reign of James I. (Glover's "Derbyshire").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Crumpton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crumpton is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Crumpton.

How Common Is The Last Name Crumpton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Crumpton is the 62,011th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 899,586 people. The last name Crumpton is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Crumpton are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 6,410 people, or 1 in 56,546. In The United States Crumpton is most prevalent in: Alabama, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Georgia, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Crumpton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Crumpton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Crumpton surname expanded 907 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 464 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Crumpton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Crumpton last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crumpton surname are 14.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.68% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crumpton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 14.12% less than the national average, earning R 204,084 per year; in United States they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning $38,437 USD per year and in Canada they earn 62.77% more than the national average, earning $80,871 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Croumpton946/
Crrumpton941/
Chrumpton940/
Crompton8814,873/
Crumptom888/
Krumpton882/
Crunpton881/
Crumptan880/
Shrumpton820/
Krompton751/
Cromptan750/
Kraumptan711/
Krumptum631/

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Crumpton Reference & Research

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