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    The surname Croston

    A Norse surname, carried by 1,419 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C623

    Croston: #19,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Croston #19,145, 1,419 people Croston: #19,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Croston #19,145, 1,419 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croston is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    In Lancashire, from Old Norse kross or Old English cros + tūn.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,419 people named Croston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,580 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,372.

    #19,145
    rank among US surnames
    1,419
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,551)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,138Dorrell1,420217,426
    #19,145Pon1,419217,580
    #19,152Pharris1,418217,733

    Who is named Croston

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

    78% of people named Croston identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 5.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Croston

    Croston has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Croston come from?
    In Lancashire, from Old Norse kross or Old English cros + tūn.
    How common is the surname Croston?
    1,419 people in the United States had the surname Croston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,580 Americans. It ranked 19,145th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Croston?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Croston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Croston getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,419 in 2010, up 3.4%.