# Crompton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crompton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,111 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,215 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 146,256 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (2,045 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Crumpton |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crompton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Similar surnames

Crumpton, Crampton, Crump, Cranford, Crumpler, Carnevale, Crumbley, Crumb, Crownover, Cranfill, Crombie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.