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    The surname Craw

    A surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C600

    Craw: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Craw #21,736, 1,197 people Craw: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Craw #21,736, 1,197 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Craw is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Crow. * As a German surname, from a variant of Grau, Krahe, Kray.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,197 people named Craw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,178.

    #21,736
    rank among US surnames
    1,197
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,831)

    Who is named Craw

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

    88% of people named Craw identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Craw

    Craw has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Craw come from?
    * As a Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Crow. * As a German surname, from a variant of Grau, Krahe, Kray.
    How common is the surname Craw?
    1,197 people in the United States had the surname Craw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Craw?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Craw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Craw getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 1.6%.