How common is the surname Cromwell?

8,087 people in the United States had the surname Cromwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,178 Americans. It ranked 4,397th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cromwell?

James Cromwell, American actor (born 1940), followed by John Cromwell.

Where is the surname Cromwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Cromwell in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Cromwell?

Cromwell is /ˈkɹɑmwəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cromwell getting more or less common?

More common. 7,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,087 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Cromwell

An English place surname, carried by 8,087 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹɑmwəl/ 2 syllables Soundex C654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cromwell is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English crump (“crooked, bent”) + wella (“spring”), equivalent to crump + well.

Cromwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,087 people named Cromwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,178 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,687.

#4,397

rank among US surnames

8,087

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,267)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,388	Hynes	8,104	38,098
#4,390	Holcombe	8,103	38,103
#4,391	Hefner	8,100	38,117
#4,392	Enos	8,097	38,131
#4,393	Maness	8,095	38,140
#4,394	Buckingham	8,094	38,145
#4,396	Ginn	8,088	38,173

Who is named Cromwell

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

66% of people named Cromwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cromwells

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Cromwell
American actor (born 1940)
John Cromwell
American actor, director and producer (1886/7–1979)
Richard Cromwell
American actor (1910–1960)
Tiffany Cromwell
Australian road bicycle racer, born 1988
Seymour Cromwell
American rower (1934-1977)
Amanda Cromwell
American soccer player and coach, born 1970
Chad Cromwell
American drummer, born 1957
Louise Cromwell
American socialite, 1890–1965
Maxxine Dupri
American professional wrestler and wrestling manager, born 1997

Notable Cromwells come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cromwell

Cromwell has the Soundex code C654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C654.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cromwell come from?: From Old English crump (“crooked, bent”) + wella (“spring”), equivalent to crump + well.
How common is the surname Cromwell?: 8,087 people in the United States had the surname Cromwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,178 Americans. It ranked 4,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cromwell?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Cromwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cromwell?: James Cromwell, American actor (born 1940), followed by John Cromwell.
Where is the surname Cromwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Cromwell in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Cromwell?: Cromwell is /ˈkɹɑmwəl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cromwell?: Cromwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cromwell getting more or less common?: More common. 7,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,087 in 2010, up 5.2%.