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    The surname Creech

    A surname, carried by 14,264 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C620

    Creech: #2,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Creech #2,538, 14,264 people Creech: #2,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Creech #2,538, 14,264 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creech is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,264 people named Creech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,645 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,770.

    #2,538
    rank among US surnames
    14,264
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,414)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,529Alley14,32321,556
    #2,530Oswald14,32221,557
    #2,531Stoddard14,31721,565
    #2,532McDonnell14,30921,577
    #2,533Shelley14,30021,591
    #2,534Newcomb14,29221,603
    #2,535Blackman14,27821,624

    Who is named Creech

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

    91% of people named Creech identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Creechs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sharon Creech
      American writer of children's novels, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Creech

    Creech has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Creech?
    14,264 people in the United States had the surname Creech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,645 Americans. It ranked 2,538th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Creech?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Creech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Creech?
    Sharon Creech, American writer of children's novels.
    Where is the surname Creech most common?
    Wikidata records people named Creech in the United States.
    Is the surname Creech getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,264 in 2010, up 3.6%.
    What are other spellings of Creech?
    Creach.