How common is the surname Crespo?

17,629 people in the United States had the surname Crespo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,514 Americans. It ranked 2,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crespo?

Hernán Crespo, Argentine footballer, followed by Alberto Crespo.

Where is the surname Crespo most common?

Wikidata records people named Crespo in Argentina, the United States and Italy and 1 other country.

Is the surname Crespo getting more or less common?

More common. 13,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,629 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Crespo

A surname, carried by 17,629 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crespo is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,629 people named Crespo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,514 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,835.

#2,042

rank among US surnames

17,629

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+27.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,401)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,033	Shearer	17,707	17,436
#2,035	Cerda	17,703	17,440
#2,036	Lo	17,687	17,456
#2,037	Marcus	17,671	17,472
#2,038	Crain	17,650	17,493
#2,039	Cagle	17,647	17,496
#2,040	Bauman	17,641	17,502

Who is named Crespo

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

89% of people named Crespo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Crespos

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hernán Crespo
Argentine footballer, born 1975
Alberto Crespo
Argentine racing driver (1920–1991)
Jimmy Crespo
American musician, born 1954
Elvis Crespo
American singer, born 1971
Ernesto Horacio Crespo
Argentine military person (1929-2019)
Rosa María Britton
(1936-2019) Panamanian obstetrician gynecologist and writer

Notable Crespos come mostly from Argentina (2), the United States (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crespo

Crespo has the Soundex code C621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C621.

Questions

How common is the surname Crespo?: 17,629 people in the United States had the surname Crespo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,514 Americans. It ranked 2,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crespo?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Crespo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crespo?: Hernán Crespo, Argentine footballer, followed by Alberto Crespo.
Where is the surname Crespo most common?: Wikidata records people named Crespo in Argentina, the United States and Italy and 1 other country.
Is the surname Crespo getting more or less common?: More common. 13,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,629 in 2010, up 27%.