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The surname Cribbs

A surname, carried by 4,644 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C612

Cribbs: #7,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cribbs #7,195, 4,644 people Cribbs: #7,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cribbs #7,195, 4,644 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cribbs is more common than 95.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,644 people named Cribbs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,483 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,436.

#7,195
rank among US surnames
4,644
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #6,967)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,189Gaul4,65066,397
#7,191Eichelberger4,64766,440
#7,194Watford4,64666,454
#7,195Winchell4,64466,483
#7,198Middlebrooks4,64366,497
#7,199Tristan4,64266,511

Who is named Cribbs

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

80% of people named Cribbs identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 80%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cribbs

Cribbs has the Soundex code C612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C612.

Questions

How common is the surname Cribbs?
4,644 people in the United States had the surname Cribbs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,483 Americans. It ranked 7,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cribbs?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Cribbs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cribbs getting more or less common?
More common. 4,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,644 in 2010, up 4.7%.