How common is the surname Crews?

24,219 people in the United States had the surname Crews in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,748 Americans. It ranked 1,475th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crews?

Laura Hope Crews, American actress (1879-1942), followed by Frederick Crews.

Where is the surname Crews most common?

Wikidata records people named Crews in the United States.

How do you pronounce Crews?

Crews is /kɹuːz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Crews getting more or less common?

More common. 23,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,219 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Crews

A surname, carried by 24,219 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kɹuːz/ 1 syllable Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crews is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,219 people named Crews in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,748 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,167.

#1,475

rank among US surnames

24,219

people in 2010

8.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,404)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,466	Blue	24,341	12,684
#1,467	Kay	24,337	12,686
#1,469	Shapiro	24,335	12,687
#1,470	Whalen	24,262	12,725
#1,471	Navarrete	24,259	12,727
#1,472	Gamez	24,256	12,729
#1,473	Swift	24,249	12,732

Who is named Crews

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

75% of people named Crews identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crewss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Hope Crews
American actress (1879-1942)
Frederick Crews
American literary critic and writer, 1933–2024
Harry Crews
American writer (1935-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crews

Crews has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

Questions

How common is the surname Crews?: 24,219 people in the United States had the surname Crews in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,748 Americans. It ranked 1,475th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crews?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Crews identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crews?: Laura Hope Crews, American actress (1879-1942), followed by Frederick Crews.
Where is the surname Crews most common?: Wikidata records people named Crews in the United States.
How do you pronounce Crews?: Crews is /kɹuːz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Crews getting more or less common?: More common. 23,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,219 in 2010, up 4.5%.