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    The surname Crawley

    An English surname, carried by 12,523 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɹɔːli/ 2 syllables Soundex C640

    Crawley: #2,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Crawley #2,874, 12,523 people Crawley: #2,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crawley #2,874, 12,523 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crawley is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,523 people named Crawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,654 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,000.

    #2,874
    rank among US surnames
    12,523
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,760)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,865Orlando12,58624,531
    #2,867Trammell12,58224,539
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609

    Who is named Crawley

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

    60% of people named Crawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crawleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Constance Crawley
      British actress, 1870–1919

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crawley

    Crawley has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crawley come from?
    From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
    How common is the surname Crawley?
    12,523 people in the United States had the surname Crawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,654 Americans. It ranked 2,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crawley?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Crawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crawley?
    Constance Crawley, British actress.
    Where is the surname Crawley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crawley in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Crawley?
    Crawley is /ˈkɹɔːli/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Crawley getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,523 in 2010, up 4.4%.