How common is the surname Cravey?

1,046 people in the United States had the surname Cravey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cravey?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cravey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cravey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, down 20%.

The surname Cravey

An Irish surname, carried by 1,046 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cravey is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced form of McGreevy.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,046 people named Cravey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

#24,075

rank among US surnames

1,046

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-19.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,302)

Who is named Cravey

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

93% of people named Cravey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cravey

Crabbe

Cravey has the Soundex code C610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C610.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cravey come from?: Reduced form of McGreevy.
How common is the surname Cravey?: 1,046 people in the United States had the surname Cravey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cravey?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cravey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cravey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, down 20%.