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    The surname Crichton

    An English place surname, carried by 1,847 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex C623

    Crichton: #15,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Crichton #15,777, 1,847 people Crichton: #15,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crichton #15,777, 1,847 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crichton is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Crichton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,847 people named Crichton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,161 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,623.

    #15,777
    rank among US surnames
    1,847
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,341)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,771Prock1,848167,070
    #15,777Sanz1,847167,161
    #15,784Sood1,846167,251

    Who is named Crichton

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

    83% of people named Crichton identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crichtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Crichton

    Crichton has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crichton come from?
    From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.
    How common is the surname Crichton?
    1,847 people in the United States had the surname Crichton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,161 Americans. It ranked 15,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crichton?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Crichton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crichton?
    Michael Crichton, American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008).
    Where is the surname Crichton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crichton in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Crichton?
    Crichton is /ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Crichton?
    Crichton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Crichton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,847 in 2010, up 14%.
    What are other spellings of Crichton?
    Creighton and Crighton.