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    The surname Craven

    A surname, carried by 15,567 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C615

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Craven is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,567 people named Craven in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,833 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,149.

    #2,341
    rank among US surnames
    15,567
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,201)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,332Vergara15,61819,769
    #2,333McGregor15,61419,774
    #2,335Goddard15,59919,793
    #2,336Lombardo15,59819,794
    #2,337Brunner15,59319,800
    #2,338Rowley15,58819,807
    #2,339Shipman15,58119,816

    Who is named Craven

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

    89% of people named Craven identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cravens

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1965
    • William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, 7th Baron Craven
      British Army general (1770-1825)

    Notable Cravens come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Craven

    Craven has the Soundex code C615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C615.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Craven come from?
    From Proto-Brythonic; equivalent to Welsh craf (“garlic”) + the suffix -an. Compare Cremona.
    How common is the surname Craven?
    15,567 people in the United States had the surname Craven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,833 Americans. It ranked 2,341st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Craven?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Craven identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Craven?
    Wes Craven, American filmmaker (1939–2015), followed by Frank Craven.
    Where is the surname Craven most common?
    Wikidata records people named Craven in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Craven getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,567 in 2010, up 2.8%.