How common is the surname Crandall?

16,781 people in the United States had the surname Crandall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,399 Americans. It ranked 2,163rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crandall?

Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (1947-2012).

Where is the surname Crandall most common?

Wikidata records people named Crandall in the United States.

Is the surname Crandall getting more or less common?

More common. 16,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,781 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Crandall

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 16,781 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crandall is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,781 people named Crandall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,399 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,212.

#2,163

rank among US surnames

16,781

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,047)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,154	Haskins	16,842	18,332
#2,155	Stovall	16,827	18,348
#2,156	Rooney	16,823	18,353
#2,157	Coe	16,819	18,357
#2,158	Corral	16,808	18,369
#2,159	Barrow	16,801	18,377
#2,160	Torrez	16,795	18,383

Who is named Crandall

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

93% of people named Crandall identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crandalls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Crandall
American physicist and computer scientist (1947-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crandall

Crandell

Crandall has the Soundex code C653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C653.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Crandall come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.
How common is the surname Crandall?: 16,781 people in the United States had the surname Crandall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,399 Americans. It ranked 2,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crandall?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Crandall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crandall?: Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (1947-2012).
Where is the surname Crandall most common?: Wikidata records people named Crandall in the United States.
Is the surname Crandall getting more or less common?: More common. 16,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,781 in 2010, up 3.5%.