How common is the surname Crispin?

3,330 people in the United States had the surname Crispin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,716 Americans. It ranked 9,735th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Crispin?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Crispin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Crispin?

A. C. Crispin, American science fiction writer (1950–2013), followed by Edmund Crispin.

Where is the surname Crispin most common?

Wikidata records people named Crispin in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Crispin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,330 in 2010, up 22%.

Is Crispin also a first name?

Yes. Crispin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Crispin

A surname, carried by 3,330 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C621 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crispin is more common than 94% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,330 people named Crispin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,716 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,728.

#9,735

rank among US surnames

3,330

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+22.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,730	Suttle	3,333	92,633
#9,733	Frakes	3,332	92,661
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689
#9,735	Crispin	3,330	92,716
#9,736	Clymer	3,329	92,744

Who is named Crispin

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

48% of people named Crispin identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 46%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crispins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

A. C. Crispin
American science fiction writer (1950–2013)
Edmund Crispin
British composer and crime novelist (1921-1978)

Notable Crispins come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crispin

Crispin 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 Crispin?: 3,330 people in the United States had the surname Crispin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,716 Americans. It ranked 9,735th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crispin?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Crispin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Crispin?: A. C. Crispin, American science fiction writer (1950–2013), followed by Edmund Crispin.
Where is the surname Crispin most common?: Wikidata records people named Crispin in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Crispin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,330 in 2010, up 22%.
Is Crispin also a first name?: Yes. Crispin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.