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    The surname Cresswell

    A surname, carried by 1,745 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C624

    Cresswell: #16,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cresswell #16,470, 1,745 people Cresswell: #16,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cresswell #16,470, 1,745 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cresswell is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,745 people named Cresswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,932 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,486.

    #16,470
    rank among US surnames
    1,745
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,483)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,462Cieslak1,746176,830
    #16,470Denker1,745176,932
    #16,475Lacher1,744177,033

    Who is named Cresswell

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

    92% of people named Cresswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cresswells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chanel Cresswell
      British actress, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cresswell

    Cresswell has the Soundex code C624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cresswell?
    1,745 people in the United States had the surname Cresswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,932 Americans. It ranked 16,470th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cresswell?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cresswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cresswell?
    Chanel Cresswell, British actress.
    Where is the surname Cresswell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cresswell in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Cresswell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,745 in 2010, up 17%.