How common is the surname Critchley?

789 people in the United States had the surname Critchley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 391,312 Americans. It ranked 29,793rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Critchley?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Critchley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Critchley getting more or less common?

Less common. 812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 789 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Critchley

A place surname, carried by 789 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). Critchley is more common than 81.6% of them.

Origin

Either a variant of Critchlow or a habitational surname from a lost place in England.

Critchley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 789 people named Critchley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 391,312 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 812.

#29,793

rank among US surnames

789

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #27,848)

Who is named Critchley

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

96% of people named Critchley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Crutchley

Surnames that sound like Critchley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Critchley come from?: Either a variant of Critchlow or a habitational surname from a lost place in England.
How common is the surname Critchley?: 789 people in the United States had the surname Critchley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 391,312 Americans. It ranked 29,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Critchley?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Critchley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Critchley?: Critchley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Critchley getting more or less common?: Less common. 812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 789 in 2010, down 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Critchley?: Crutchley.