# Crabtree (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crabtree/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,104 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,354 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,828 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (25,929 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From crabtree.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crabtree in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crabtree in the United States, England and the United Kingdom.

## People named Crabtree

- William Crabtree, British astronomer
- Lotta Crabtree, American actress and comedian (1847-1924)
- Michael Crabtree, American football player (born 1987)
- Robert H. Crabtree, British American inorganic chemist

## Similar surnames

Craft, Corbett, Croft, Corbitt, Crafton, Crofts, Crafts, Crofoot.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.