How common is the surname Crabtree?

26,104 people in the United States had the surname Crabtree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,828 Americans. It ranked 1,354th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crabtree?

William Crabtree, British astronomer, followed by Lotta Crabtree.

Where is the surname Crabtree most common?

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

Is the surname Crabtree getting more or less common?

More common. 25,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,104 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Crabtree

A place surname, carried by 26,104 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crabtree is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

From crabtree.

Crabtree is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,104 people named Crabtree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,828 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,929.

#1,354

rank among US surnames

26,104

people in 2010

8.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,244)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,346	Corbett	26,246	11,764
#1,347	Granados	26,187	11,790
#1,348	Rossi	26,183	11,792
#1,349	Goss	26,179	11,794
#1,350	Lott	26,174	11,796
#1,351	Leyva	26,153	11,805
#1,352	Hinojosa	26,146	11,809

Who is named Crabtree

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

94% of people named Crabtree identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crabtrees

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Crabtree
British astronomer, 1610–1644
Lotta Crabtree
American actress and comedian (1847-1924)
Michael Crabtree
American football player (born 1987)
Robert H. Crabtree
British American inorganic chemist, born 1948

Notable Crabtrees come mostly from the United States (2), England (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crabtree

Craft

Crabtree has the Soundex code C613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C613.

Questions

Where does the surname Crabtree come from?: From crabtree.
How common is the surname Crabtree?: 26,104 people in the United States had the surname Crabtree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,828 Americans. It ranked 1,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crabtree?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Crabtree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Crabtree?: William Crabtree, British astronomer, followed by Lotta Crabtree.
Where is the surname Crabtree most common?: Wikidata records people named Crabtree in the United States, England and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Crabtree?: Crabtree is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Crabtree getting more or less common?: More common. 25,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,104 in 2010, up 0.7%.