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    The surname Crilly

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 926 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C640

    Crilly: #26,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Crilly #26,362, 926 people Crilly: #26,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Crilly #26,362, 926 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crilly is more common than 83.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Raghailligh (“son of Raghailleach”). Compare Crawley.

    Crilly is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 926 people named Crilly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 333,419 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 903.

    #26,362
    rank among US surnames
    926
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,657)

    Who is named Crilly

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

    94% of people named Crilly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Creely
    • Crelly
    • Crilley

    Surnames that sound like Crilly

    Crilly has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crilly come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Raghailligh (“son of Raghailleach”). Compare Crawley.
    How common is the surname Crilly?
    926 people in the United States had the surname Crilly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 333,419 Americans. It ranked 26,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crilly?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Crilly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Crilly?
    Crilly is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Crilly getting more or less common?
    More common. 903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 926 in 2010, up 2.5%.
    What are other spellings of Crilly?
    Creely, Crelly and Crilley.