How common is the surname Crayton?

5,709 people in the United States had the surname Crayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,080 Americans. It ranked 6,022nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Crayton getting more or less common?

More common. 5,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,709 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Crayton

A surname, carried by 5,709 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crayton is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,709 people named Crayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,080 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,203.

#6,022

rank among US surnames

5,709

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,019	Bayne	5,716	54,014
#6,020	McEvoy	5,713	54,043
#6,021	Olive	5,712	54,052
#6,022	Campa	5,709	54,080
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090

Who is named Crayton

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

72% of people named Crayton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crayton

Crayton has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Questions

How common is the surname Crayton?: 5,709 people in the United States had the surname Crayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,080 Americans. It ranked 6,022nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crayton?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Crayton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Crayton getting more or less common?: More common. 5,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,709 in 2010, up 9.7%.