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    The surname Crittenden

    A surname, carried by 6,411 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C635

    Crittenden: #5,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Crittenden #5,432, 6,411 people Crittenden: #5,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crittenden #5,432, 6,411 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crittenden is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,411 people named Crittenden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,159 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,374.

    #5,432
    rank among US surnames
    6,411
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,428Gammon6,41548,129
    #5,429Bolling6,41448,136
    #5,431Mumford6,41348,144
    #5,432Crittenden6,41148,159
    #5,433O'Bryan6,40848,181

    Who is named Crittenden

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

    63% of people named Crittenden identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crittendens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas Theodore Crittenden
      American politician (1832–1909)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crittenden

    Crittenden has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Crittenden?
    6,411 people in the United States had the surname Crittenden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,159 Americans. It ranked 5,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crittenden?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Crittenden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crittenden?
    Thomas Theodore Crittenden, American politician (1832–1909).
    Where is the surname Crittenden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crittenden in the United States.
    Is the surname Crittenden getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,411 in 2010, up 0.6%.