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The surname Cromartie

A surname, carried by 2,213 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C656

Cromartie: #13,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cromartie #13,682, 2,213 people Cromartie: #13,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cromartie #13,682, 2,213 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cromartie is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Cromarty.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,213 people named Cromartie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,514 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,947.

#13,682
rank among US surnames
2,213
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+13.7%
change since 2000 (was #14,158)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,674Domino2,214139,451
#13,682Kirchoff2,213139,514
#13,690Mani2,212139,578

Who is named Cromartie

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

80% of people named Cromartie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
  • White (not Hispanic) 15%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cromartie

Cromartie has the Soundex code C656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C656.

Questions

Where does the surname Cromartie come from?
Variant of Cromarty.
How common is the surname Cromartie?
2,213 people in the United States had the surname Cromartie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,514 Americans. It ranked 13,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cromartie?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Cromartie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cromartie getting more or less common?
More common. 1,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,213 in 2010, up 14%.