How common is the surname Crampton?

2,784 people in the United States had the surname Crampton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,900 Americans. It ranked 11,335th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crampton?

Barbara Crampton, American actress, followed by Thomas Russell Crampton.

Where is the surname Crampton most common?

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

Is the surname Crampton getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,784 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Crampton

A surname, carried by 2,784 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crampton is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of Crompton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,784 people named Crampton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,900 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,848.

#11,335

rank among US surnames

2,784

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820
#11,334	Crowson	2,785	110,860
#11,335	Dedios	2,784	110,900
#11,339	Platz	2,783	110,940
#11,341	Greenstein	2,782	110,980
#11,343	Asberry	2,781	111,020

Who is named Crampton

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

87% of people named Crampton identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cramptons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara Crampton
American actress, born 1958
Thomas Russell Crampton
British engineer (1816–1888)
Howard Crampton
Actor (1865-1922)

Notable Cramptons come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cramton

Surnames that sound like Crampton

Crampton has the Soundex code C651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C651.

Questions

Where does the surname Crampton come from?: Perhaps a variant of Crompton.
How common is the surname Crampton?: 2,784 people in the United States had the surname Crampton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,900 Americans. It ranked 11,335th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crampton?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Crampton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crampton?: Barbara Crampton, American actress, followed by Thomas Russell Crampton.
Where is the surname Crampton most common?: Wikidata records people named Crampton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Crampton getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,784 in 2010, down 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Crampton?: Cramton.