How common is the surname Crabb?

5,851 people in the United States had the surname Crabb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. It ranked 5,897th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Crabb?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Crabb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Crabb?

Joey Crabb, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Crabb most common?

Wikidata records people named Crabb in the United States.

Is the surname Crabb getting more or less common?

More common. 5,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,851 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Crabb

A surname, carried by 5,851 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crabb is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses) * As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,851 people named Crabb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,808.

#5,897

rank among US surnames

5,851

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,892	McCaskill	5,857	52,714
#5,894	Theriault	5,855	52,732
#5,896	Mintz	5,853	52,750
#5,897	Bogle	5,851	52,768

Who is named Crabb

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Crabb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crabbs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joey Crabb
American ice hockey player, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crabb

Crabb has the Soundex code C610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C610.

Questions

Where does the surname Crabb come from?: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses) * As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.
How common is the surname Crabb?: 5,851 people in the United States had the surname Crabb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,768 Americans. It ranked 5,897th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crabb?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Crabb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Crabb?: Joey Crabb, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Crabb most common?: Wikidata records people named Crabb in the United States.
Is the surname Crabb getting more or less common?: More common. 5,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,851 in 2010, up 0.7%.