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    The surname Crittendon

    A surname, carried by 1,703 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C635

    Crittendon: #16,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Crittendon #16,775, 1,703 people Crittendon: #16,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crittendon #16,775, 1,703 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crittendon is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,703 people named Crittendon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,295 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,632.

    #16,775
    rank among US surnames
    1,703
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,271)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,775Coatney1,703181,295
    #16,781Dechant1,702181,402

    Who is named Crittendon

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

    49% of people named Crittendon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crittendon

    Crittendon 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 Crittendon?
    1,703 people in the United States had the surname Crittendon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,295 Americans. It ranked 16,775th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crittendon?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Crittendon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Crittendon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,703 in 2010, up 4.4%.