# Crichton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crichton/  
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 places.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,847 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,777 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,161 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,623 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Creighton, Crighton |

## Etymology

From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crichton 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crichton in the United States.

## People named Crichton

- Michael Crichton, American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)

## Similar surnames

Crist, Creighton, Crochet, Croxton, Croston, Christon, Cristo, Christensen, Christian, Christopher, Crockett, Christiansen.

## 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.