How common is the surname Crosbie?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Crosbie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crosbie?

Alistair Cameron Crombie, Australian zoologist, historian of science (1915-1996).

Where is the surname Crosbie most common?

Wikidata records people named Crosbie in Australia.

Is the surname Crosbie getting more or less common?

More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Crosbie

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crosbie is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname, variant of Crosby.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Crosbie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,163.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,054)

Who is named Crosbie

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

88% of people named Crosbie identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crosbies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alistair Cameron Crombie
Australian zoologist, historian of science (1915-1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crosbie

Crosby

Crosbie has the Soundex code C621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C621.

Questions

How common is the surname Crosbie?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Crosbie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crosbie?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Crosbie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crosbie?: Alistair Cameron Crombie, Australian zoologist, historian of science (1915-1996).
Where is the surname Crosbie most common?: Wikidata records people named Crosbie in Australia.
Is the surname Crosbie getting more or less common?: More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 2.5%.