# Crewe (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Welsh.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 538 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 573,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (537 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹu/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Crew |

## Etymology

Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crewe 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crewe in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Crewe

- Bob Crewe, American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer (1931–2014)
- Albert Crewe, American physicist (1927–2009)

## Similar surnames

Crowe, Crow, Crew, Carew, Cree, Craw, Carr, Curry, Carey, Correa, Cherry, Currie.

## 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.