How common is the surname Craddock?

8,772 people in the United States had the surname Craddock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,197 Americans. It ranked 4,049th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Craddock?

Lawson Craddock, American road cyclist, followed by Ida Craddock.

Where is the surname Craddock most common?

Wikidata records people named Craddock in the United States.

Is the surname Craddock getting more or less common?

More common. 8,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,772 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Craddock

A Welsh surname, carried by 8,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Craddock is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From the Welsh name Caradoc.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,772 people named Craddock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,197 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,402.

#4,049

rank among US surnames

8,772

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,040	Worthy	8,795	35,105
#4,041	Langdon	8,794	35,109
#4,042	Jara	8,790	35,125
#4,043	Flanders	8,787	35,137
#4,044	Showalter	8,786	35,141
#4,045	Robinette	8,784	35,149
#4,046	Meeker	8,781	35,161

Who is named Craddock

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

76% of people named Craddock identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Craddocks

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawson Craddock
American road cyclist, born 1992
Ida Craddock
American writer and activist (1857–1902)
Robert Craddock
American soccer player (1923-2003)
Omar Craddock
American triple jumper, born 1991
Gene Vincent
American rock musician (1935–1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cradock

Craddock has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Craddock come from?: From the Welsh name Caradoc.
How common is the surname Craddock?: 8,772 people in the United States had the surname Craddock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,197 Americans. It ranked 4,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Craddock?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Craddock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Craddock?: Lawson Craddock, American road cyclist, followed by Ida Craddock.
Where is the surname Craddock most common?: Wikidata records people named Craddock in the United States.
Is the surname Craddock getting more or less common?: More common. 8,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,772 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Craddock?: Cradock.