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    The surname Cripps

    A surname, carried by 2,902 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C612

    Cripps: #10,962 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cripps #10,962, 2,902 people Cripps: #10,962 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cripps #10,962, 2,902 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cripps is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,902 people named Cripps in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,391 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,876.

    #10,962
    rank among US surnames
    2,902
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,270)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,954Lamberth2,905106,281
    #10,956Bashaw2,904106,317
    #10,959Sorg2,903106,354
    #10,962Cripps2,902106,391
    #10,964Auman2,901106,427
    #10,968Diener2,900106,464

    Who is named Cripps

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

    93% of people named Cripps identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crippss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Winsome Cripps
      Australian sprinter (1931-1997)
    • Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
      British barrister and politician (1852-1941)

    Notable Crippss come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cripps

    Cripps 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 Cripps?
    2,902 people in the United States had the surname Cripps in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,391 Americans. It ranked 10,962nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cripps?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cripps identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cripps?
    Winsome Cripps, Australian sprinter (1931-1997), followed by Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor.
    Where is the surname Cripps most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cripps in Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Cripps getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,902 in 2010, up 0.9%.