# Crisp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crisp/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,741 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,830 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (12,581 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chrisp |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crisp 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crisp in the United States and Australia.

## People named Crisp

- Coco Crisp, American baseball player
- Charles Frederick Crisp, American politician (1845-1896)
- Charles R. Crisp, American politician (1870-1937)
- Michael D. Crisp, Australian botanist

## Similar surnames

Crespo, Crispin, Crespin, Crisafulli, Crosby, Crosbie.

## 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.