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    The surname Creswell

    An English place surname, carried by 2,556 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C624

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creswell is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).

    Creswell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,556 people named Creswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,792 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,495.

    #12,188
    rank among US surnames
    2,556
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,557)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,180Frerichs2,559120,651
    #12,182Kollman2,558120,698
    #12,186Gayton2,557120,745
    #12,188Alldredge2,556120,792
    #12,192Vento2,555120,840

    Who is named Creswell

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

    86% of people named Creswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Creswells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Creswell
      American politician (1828-1891)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Creswell

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Creswell come from?
    From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).
    How common is the surname Creswell?
    2,556 people in the United States had the surname Creswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,792 Americans. It ranked 12,188th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Creswell?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Creswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Creswell?
    John Creswell, American politician (1828-1891).
    Where is the surname Creswell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Creswell in the United States.
    What type of surname is Creswell?
    Creswell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Creswell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,556 in 2010, up 2.4%.
    What are other spellings of Creswell?
    Chriswell, Cresswell, Crisell and Criswell.