# Crenshaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crenshaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,096 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,995 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,062 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (17,402 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

(melon): Named after American horticulturist Edwin Crenshaw.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crenshaw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crenshaw in the United States.

## People named Crenshaw

- Kimberlé Crenshaw, American legal academic (born 1959)
- Dan Crenshaw, American politician and former Navy SEAL (born 1984)
- Ander Crenshaw, American politician (born 1944)
- Marshall Crenshaw, American musician

## Similar surnames

Carranza, Carmichael, Cornejo, Carnes, Carrington, Cornish, Carmack, Cronk, Cairns, Crank, Czarnecki, Cranston.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.