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    The surname Credle

    A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C634

    Credle: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Credle #21,184, 1,239 people Credle: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Credle #21,184, 1,239 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Credle is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,239 people named Credle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,118.

    #21,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,239
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,716)

    Who is named Credle

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

    64% of people named Credle identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 64%
    • White (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Credle

    Credle has the Soundex code C634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C634.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Credle?
    1,239 people in the United States had the surname Credle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Credle?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Credle identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Credle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 11%.