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    The surname Crocker

    An occupational surname, carried by 20,370 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C626

    Crocker: #1,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Crocker #1,757, 20,370 people Crocker: #1,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crocker #1,757, 20,370 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crocker is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    From crocker (“potter”).

    Crocker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,370 people named Crocker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,157 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,047.

    #1,757
    rank among US surnames
    20,370
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,635)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,748Holliday20,49115,067
    #1,749Houser20,48415,073
    #1,750Bassett20,48215,074
    #1,751Thomason20,47815,077
    #1,752Sapp20,44815,099
    #1,753Tripp20,43415,109
    #1,754Galvez20,42515,116

    Who is named Crocker

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

    87% of people named Crocker identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crockers

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ian Crocker
      American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder, born 1982
    • Steve Crocker
      American Internet pioneer, born 1944
    • John Crocker
      British Army general (1896–1963)
    • Ryan Crocker
      American diplomat (born 1949)
    • Harry Crocker
      American actor and journalist (1893-1958)
    • Charles Crocker
      American railroad executive who founded the Central Pacific Railroad (1822–1888)

    Notable Crockers come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Craker

    Surnames that sound like Crocker

    Crocker has the Soundex code C626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C626.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crocker come from?
    From crocker (“potter”).
    How common is the surname Crocker?
    20,370 people in the United States had the surname Crocker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,157 Americans. It ranked 1,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crocker?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Crocker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crocker?
    Ian Crocker, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder, followed by Steve Crocker.
    Where is the surname Crocker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crocker in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Crocker?
    Crocker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Crocker getting more or less common?
    More common. 20,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,370 in 2010, up 1.6%.
    What are other spellings of Crocker?
    Craker.