How common is the surname Crew?

4,081 people in the United States had the surname Crew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,654 Americans. It ranked 8,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crew?

Henry Crew, American physicist and astronomer (1859–1953).

Where is the surname Crew most common?

Wikidata records people named Crew in the United States.

Is the surname Crew getting more or less common?

More common. 3,900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,081 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Crew also a first name?

Yes. Crew is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Crew

A Welsh place surname, carried by 4,081 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C600 Also a first name

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

Origin

Welsh origin

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

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

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,081 people named Crew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,654 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,900.

#8,127

rank among US surnames

4,081

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,871)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,121	Klassen	4,084	75,599
#8,124	Brodsky	4,083	75,617
#8,126	Gamache	4,082	75,636
#8,127	Crew	4,081	75,654
#8,128	Anson	4,079	75,691
#8,130	Shuck	4,078	75,710

Who is named Crew

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

68% of people named Crew identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crews

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Crew
American physicist and astronomer (1859–1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Crew

Crew has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Crew come from?: From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).
How common is the surname Crew?: 4,081 people in the United States had the surname Crew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,654 Americans. It ranked 8,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crew?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Crew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crew?: Henry Crew, American physicist and astronomer (1859–1953).
Where is the surname Crew most common?: Wikidata records people named Crew in the United States.
What type of surname is Crew?: Crew is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Crew getting more or less common?: More common. 3,900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,081 in 2010, up 4.6%.
Is Crew also a first name?: Yes. Crew is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.