How common is the surname Creek?

4,052 people in the United States had the surname Creek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Creek?

Mitch Creek, Australian basketball player (born 1992).

Where is the surname Creek most common?

Wikidata records people named Creek in Australia.

Is the surname Creek getting more or less common?

More common. 3,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Creek

A surname, carried by 4,052 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creek is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from Creake in Norfolk, a variant of the noun crag (“steep rugged cliff”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun cratch (“crib, manger”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Krieg (“war, warfare”), Krück, Kruck (see Krug (“jug”) and Krücke (“crutch”)), Krick. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kreek (from the noun kreek (“creek”), see creek) and Kriek (from kriek (“cherry”)). * The Native American tribe name is likely shortened from Ocheese Creek (the Hitchiti name for the body of water known today as the Ocmulgee River).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,052 people named Creek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,593.

#8,184

rank among US surnames

4,052

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,447)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215

Who is named Creek

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

83% of people named Creek identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Creeks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mitch Creek
Australian basketball player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Creek

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

Questions

Where does the surname Creek come from?: * As an English surname, from Creake in Norfolk, a variant of the noun crag (“steep rugged cliff”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun cratch (“crib, manger”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Krieg (“war, warfare”), Krück, Kruck (see Krug (“jug”) and Krücke (“crutch”)),…
How common is the surname Creek?: 4,052 people in the United States had the surname Creek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Creek?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Creek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Creek?: Mitch Creek, Australian basketball player (born 1992).
Where is the surname Creek most common?: Wikidata records people named Creek in Australia.
Is the surname Creek getting more or less common?: More common. 3,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 13%.