How common is the surname Cranford?

8,883 people in the United States had the surname Cranford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. It ranked 3,999th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Cranford?

Cranford is /ˈkɹænfəd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cranford getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,883 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Cranford

An English surname, carried by 8,883 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹænfəd/ 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). Cranford is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English cran (“crane”) + ford.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,883 people named Cranford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,429.

#3,999

rank among US surnames

8,883

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,991	Outlaw	8,901	34,687
#3,992	Sabo	8,899	34,694
#3,993	Deng	8,898	34,698
#3,994	Teixeira	8,895	34,710
#3,995	Lapointe	8,894	34,714
#3,996	Colley	8,887	34,741
#3,997	Galbraith	8,886	34,745

Who is named Cranford

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

81% of people named Cranford identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cranford

Cranfill

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cranford come from?: From Old English cran (“crane”) + ford.
How common is the surname Cranford?: 8,883 people in the United States had the surname Cranford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. It ranked 3,999th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cranford?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Cranford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Cranford?: Cranford is /ˈkɹænfəd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cranford getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,883 in 2010, down 5.8%.