# Craddock (surname)

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

A surname from Welsh.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,772 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,049 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (8,402 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cradock |

## Etymology

From the Welsh name Caradoc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Craddock 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Craddock in the United States.

## People named Craddock

- Lawson Craddock, American road cyclist
- Ida Craddock, American writer and activist (1857–1902)
- Robert Craddock, American soccer player (1923-2003)
- Omar Craddock, American triple jumper
- Gene Vincent, American rock musician (1935–1971)

## Similar surnames

Curtis, Cortez, Cortes, Cardoza, Cardoso, Crutchfield, Cartagena, Crites, Cordes, Crutcher, Curtiss, Cortese.

## 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.