# Craven (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/craven/  
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) | 15,567 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,341 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,833 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (15,149 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic; equivalent to Welsh craf (“garlic”) + the suffix -an. Compare Cremona.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Craven 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Craven

- Wes Craven, American filmmaker (1939–2015)
- Frank Craven, American film actor, writer, director (1881-1945)
- John Craven, American actor (1916-1995)
- Jonathan Craven, American actor
- William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, 7th Baron Craven, British Army general (1770-1825)

## Similar surnames

Cervantes, Cravens, Cervantez, Carpenter, Corbin, Carbone, Charbonneau, Crippen, Charpentier, Carbonell, Carpentier, Charboneau.

## 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.