How common is the surname Crimmins?

2,661 people in the United States had the surname Crimmins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. It ranked 11,778th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Crimmins?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Crimmins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Crimmins getting more or less common?

More common. 2,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,661 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Crimmins

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,661 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crimmins is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cruimín (“descendant of Cruimín”), a byname from a diminutive of crom (“bent, crooked”).

Crimmins 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 2,661 people named Crimmins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,518.

#11,778

rank among US surnames

2,661

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,778	Crimmins	2,661	116,026
#11,781	Saha	2,660	116,070
#11,783	Robeson	2,659	116,113

Who is named Crimmins

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

96% of people named Crimmins identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

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Variant spellings

Cremin

Crimmins has the Soundex code C655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C655.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Crimmins come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cruimín (“descendant of Cruimín”), a byname from a diminutive of crom (“bent, crooked”).
How common is the surname Crimmins?: 2,661 people in the United States had the surname Crimmins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. It ranked 11,778th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crimmins?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Crimmins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Crimmins?: Crimmins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Crimmins getting more or less common?: More common. 2,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,661 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Crimmins?: Cremin.