# Crampton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,784 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,335 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,900 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (2,848 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cramton |

## Etymology

Perhaps a variant of Crompton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crampton 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crampton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Crampton

- Barbara Crampton, American actress
- Thomas Russell Crampton, British engineer (1816–1888)
- Howard Crampton, actor (1865-1922)

## Similar surnames

Crumpton, Crompton, Crump, Cranford, Crumpler, Carnevale, Crumbley, Crumb, Crownover, Cranfill, Crombie.

## 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.