# Crawley (surname)

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

A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,523 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,874 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,654 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (12,000 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɔːli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crawley 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crawley in the United States.

## People named Crawley

- Constance Crawley, British actress

## Similar surnames

Crowley, Corley, Curley, Carley, Carle, Crowl, Croley, Crail, Charley, Carwile, Cearley, Carroll.

## 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.