Crawford (name)

Crawford is a surname (and occasional given name) of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin. In some cases it is a habitational name derived from several different places called Crawford (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England). The placename is derived from the Old English elements crāwe ("crow") and ford ("ford"). In some cases the surname is a variant spelling of the English surname Crowfoot (see Crofoot). As a surname, Crawford is the 289th most common name in Great Britain, with 30,292 bearers. It is most common in South Lanarkshire where it is the 5th most common surname with 3,384 bearers and in Highland where it is the 8th most common surname with 3,394 bearers. Other concentrations include Belfast (25th, 3,328), Greater Manchester (58th, 3,378), Lancashire (327th, 1,852), West Midlands (341st, 1,796) and Essex (374th, 1,722), and Yorkshire. The countries with the highest percentages of Crawford families are Canada, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Frequency and distribution

1881 distribution[1]
CountryNumberCrawford rankRatio/freq
Scotland Scotland8,842681: 423
England England5,7946231: 4,207
Wales Wales949931: 16,685
Jersey Jersey127611: 4,324
Isle of Man Isle of Man51,0281: 10,854
Guernsey Guernsey21,8341: 16,328
2014 distribution[2]
CountryNumberCrawford rankRatio/freq
United States United States181,7901391: 1,762
England England19,6333091: 2,750
Canada Canada15,5122391: 2,284
Australia Australia12,9181911: 1,824
Scotland Scotland6,773771: 783
South Africa South Africa6,7219771: 8,035
New Zealand New Zealand3,8391051: 1,184
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland3,422581: 526
Jamaica Jamaica2,2841931: 1,190
Republic of Ireland Ireland9837191: 4,673

Surname

Given name

Fictional characters

  • Alan Crawford, a character from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Leo Crawford and Alyn Crawford, twin brothers from the Otome Game Midnight Cinderella

See also

References

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