The surname Cravens
A surname, carried by 6,104 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C615
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,104 people named Cravens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,581 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,035.
#5,681
rank among US surnames
6,104
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #5,314)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5,672 | Shaughnessy | 6,117 | 50,473 |
| #5,673 | Christopherson | 6,115 | 50,490 |
| #5,674 | Serra | 6,114 | 50,498 |
| #5,675 | Paradis | 6,113 | 50,506 |
| #5,676 | Nowell | 6,112 | 50,515 |
| #5,677 | Massa | 6,111 | 50,523 |
| #5,678 | Edens | 6,110 | 50,531 |
Who is named Cravens
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Cravens identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cravens has the Soundex code C615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C615.
Questions
- How common is the surname Cravens?
- 6,104 people in the United States had the surname Cravens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,581 Americans. It ranked 5,681st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cravens?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cravens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cravens getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,104 in 2010, up 1.1%.