The surname Crites
A German surname, carried by 7,363 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex C632
Origin
German origin
Americanized spelling of German Kreutz.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,363 people named Crites in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,932 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,061.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4,790 | Boatwright | 7,379 | 41,841 |
| #4,791 | Pleasant | 7,378 | 41,847 |
| #4,792 | Pomeroy | 7,377 | 41,852 |
| #4,793 | Dabney | 7,376 | 41,858 |
| #4,794 | Duckett | 7,375 | 41,864 |
| #4,795 | McReynolds | 7,373 | 41,875 |
| #4,796 | Shane | 7,372 | 41,881 |
Who is named Crites
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Crites identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Crites has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Crites come from?
- Americanized spelling of German Kreutz.
- How common is the surname Crites?
- 7,363 people in the United States had the surname Crites in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,932 Americans. It ranked 4,799th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Crites?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Crites identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Crites getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,363 in 2010, up 4.3%.