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    The surname Croker

    A surname, carried by 1,558 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C626

    Croker: #17,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Croker #17,942, 1,558 people Croker: #17,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Croker #17,942, 1,558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croker is more common than 88.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,558 people named Croker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,168 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,452.

    #17,942
    rank among US surnames
    1,558
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,781)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,942Navarette1,558198,168
    #17,951Tee1,557198,295

    Who is named Croker

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

    74% of people named Croker identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crokers

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Norma Croker
      Australian sprinter (1934-2019)
    • John Wilson Croker
      Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)
    • Theo Croker
      American jazz musician, born 1985
    • C. Martin Croker
      American animator (1962-2016)

    Notable Crokers come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Croker

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Croker?
    1,558 people in the United States had the surname Croker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,168 Americans. It ranked 17,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Croker?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Croker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Croker?
    Norma Croker, Australian sprinter (1934-2019), followed by John Wilson Croker.
    Where is the surname Croker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Croker in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    Is the surname Croker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,558 in 2010, up 7.3%.