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    The surname Cribb

    An English surname, carried by 3,578 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C610

    Cribb: #9,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cribb #9,125, 3,578 people Cribb: #9,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cribb #9,125, 3,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cribb is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    English surname, from Old English cribb (“crib, manger”).

    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 3,578 people named Cribb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,387.

    #9,125
    rank among US surnames
    3,578
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,889)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,119Beene3,58186,218
    #9,122McAdoo3,58086,242
    #9,123Lueck3,57986,266
    #9,125Hendren3,57886,290
    #9,129Waterhouse3,57786,314

    Who is named Cribb

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

    87% of people named Cribb identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cribbs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tom Cribb
      British boxer (1781-1848)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cribb

    Cribb has the Soundex code C610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C610.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cribb come from?
    English surname, from Old English cribb (“crib, manger”).
    How common is the surname Cribb?
    3,578 people in the United States had the surname Cribb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. It ranked 9,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cribb?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cribb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cribb?
    Tom Cribb, British boxer (1781-1848).
    Where is the surname Cribb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cribb in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Cribb getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,578 in 2010, up 5.6%.