# Crawford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crawford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 164,457 |
| US rank (2010) | 156 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,877 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (158,121 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɔfɚd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Craufurd |

## Etymology

From Old English crāwe (“crow”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crawford 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crawford in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Switzerland.

## People named Crawford

- Joan Crawford, American actress (1908–1977)
- Cindy Crawford, American model (born 1966)
- Broderick Crawford, American actor (1911–1986)
- Chace Crawford, American actor
- Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
- Jamal Crawford, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer
- William H. Crawford, American politician and judge (1772-1834)
- Michael Crawford, British actor and singer
- Terence Crawford, American boxer
- Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (1908–1991)
- Clayne Crawford, American actor

and 61 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Carver, Carper, Craver, Cropper, Carberry, Cervera, Corbridge.

## 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.