How common is the surname Cranston?

3,200 people in the United States had the surname Cranston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. It ranked 10,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cranston?

Bryan Cranston, American actor (born 1956), followed by Alan Cranston.

Where is the surname Cranston most common?

Wikidata records people named Cranston in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cranston?

Cranston is /ˈkɹænstən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cranston getting more or less common?

More common. 3,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,200 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Cranston

An English place surname, carried by 3,200 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹænstən/ 2 syllables Soundex C652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cranston is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the genitive form of Old English cran (“crane”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Cranston is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 3,200 people named Cranston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,128.

#10,072

rank among US surnames

3,200

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,531)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,064	O'Brian	3,203	96,393
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543

Who is named Cranston

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

88% of people named Cranston identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cranstons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bryan Cranston
American actor (born 1956)
Alan Cranston
American politician (1914–2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cranston

Cranston has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cranston come from?: From the genitive form of Old English cran (“crane”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
How common is the surname Cranston?: 3,200 people in the United States had the surname Cranston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,483 Americans. It ranked 10,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cranston?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cranston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cranston?: Bryan Cranston, American actor (born 1956), followed by Alan Cranston.
Where is the surname Cranston most common?: Wikidata records people named Cranston in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cranston?: Cranston is /ˈkɹænstən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cranston?: Cranston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cranston getting more or less common?: More common. 3,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,200 in 2010, up 2.3%.