How common is the surname Critchfield?

2,173 people in the United States had the surname Critchfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. It ranked 13,893rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Critchfield?

Charles Critchfield, American mathematical physicist.

Where is the surname Critchfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Critchfield in the United States.

Is the surname Critchfield getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,173 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Critchfield

A surname, carried by 2,173 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Critchfield is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,173 people named Critchfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,182.

#13,893

rank among US surnames

2,173

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,884	Essig	2,175	141,952
#13,887	Ruggieri	2,174	142,017
#13,893	Moberly	2,173	142,083

Who is named Critchfield

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

95% of people named Critchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Critchfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Critchfield
American mathematical physicist, 1910–1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Critchfield

Critchfield has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

Questions

How common is the surname Critchfield?: 2,173 people in the United States had the surname Critchfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. It ranked 13,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Critchfield?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Critchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Critchfield?: Charles Critchfield, American mathematical physicist.
Where is the surname Critchfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Critchfield in the United States.
Is the surname Critchfield getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,173 in 2010, down 0.4%.