How common is the surname Crisp?

12,741 people in the United States had the surname Crisp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,232 Americans. It ranked 2,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crisp?

Coco Crisp, American baseball player, followed by Charles Frederick Crisp.

Where is the surname Crisp most common?

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

Is the surname Crisp getting more or less common?

More common. 12,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,741 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Crisp

A surname, carried by 12,741 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crisp is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,741 people named Crisp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,232 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,581.

#2,830

rank among US surnames

12,741

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,821	Denney	12,792	24,136
#2,822	Schofield	12,790	24,140
#2,823	Jauregui	12,783	24,153
#2,824	Main	12,776	24,166
#2,825	Tavares	12,766	24,185
#2,826	Barone	12,758	24,200
#2,828	Rees	12,754	24,208

Who is named Crisp

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

82% of people named Crisp identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crisps

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Coco Crisp
American baseball player, born 1979
Charles Frederick Crisp
American politician (1845-1896)
Charles R. Crisp
American politician (1870-1937)
Michael D. Crisp
Australian botanist, born 1950

Notable Crisps come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Chrisp

Surnames that sound like Crisp

Crisp has the Soundex code C621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C621.

Questions

How common is the surname Crisp?: 12,741 people in the United States had the surname Crisp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,232 Americans. It ranked 2,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crisp?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Crisp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crisp?: Coco Crisp, American baseball player, followed by Charles Frederick Crisp.
Where is the surname Crisp most common?: Wikidata records people named Crisp in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Crisp getting more or less common?: More common. 12,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,741 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Crisp?: Chrisp.