How common is the surname Crabbe?

1,641 people in the United States had the surname Crabbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crabbe?

Buster Crabbe, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983), followed by Allen Crabbe.

Where is the surname Crabbe most common?

Wikidata records people named Crabbe in the United States.

Is the surname Crabbe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Crabbe

A surname, carried by 1,641 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). Crabbe is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Crabb.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,641 people named Crabbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,563.

#17,258

rank among US surnames

1,641

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #16,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,249	Makela	1,642	188,030
#17,258	Elders	1,641	188,145

Who is named Crabbe

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

71% of people named Crabbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crabbes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983)
Allen Crabbe
American basketball player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crabbe

Crabbe 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 Crabbe come from?: English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Crabb.
How common is the surname Crabbe?: 1,641 people in the United States had the surname Crabbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crabbe?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Crabbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crabbe?: Buster Crabbe, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983), followed by Allen Crabbe.
Where is the surname Crabbe most common?: Wikidata records people named Crabbe in the United States.
Is the surname Crabbe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 5.0%.