How common is the surname Cram?

3,662 people in the United States had the surname Cram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,311 Americans. It ranked 8,939th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cram?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cram?

Donald J. Cram, American chemist (1919–2001), followed by Eloise Blaine Cram.

Where is the surname Cram most common?

Wikidata records people named Cram in the United States.

Is the surname Cram getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,662 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Cram

A surname, carried by 3,662 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cram is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,662 people named Cram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,311 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,700.

#8,939

rank among US surnames

3,662

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #8,239)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,934	Godin	3,665	84,242
#8,936	Nickelson	3,664	84,265
#8,938	Galligan	3,663	84,288
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334
#8,944	Koger	3,660	84,357
#8,946	Blackstone	3,659	84,380

Who is named Cram

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

94% of people named Cram identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crams

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald J. Cram
American chemist (1919–2001)
Eloise Blaine Cram
American zoologist (1896-1957)
Ralph Adams Cram
American architect (1863–1942)
Mildred Cram
American writer (1889-1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cram

Cram has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

How common is the surname Cram?: 3,662 people in the United States had the surname Cram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,311 Americans. It ranked 8,939th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cram?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cram?: Donald J. Cram, American chemist (1919–2001), followed by Eloise Blaine Cram.
Where is the surname Cram most common?: Wikidata records people named Cram in the United States.
Is the surname Cram getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,662 in 2010, down 1.0%.