# Crothers (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,713 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,585 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 113,802 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (2,607 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crothers 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crothers in the United States.

## People named Crothers

- Scatman Crothers, American entertainer (1910–1986)
- Rachel Crothers, American playwright and theatre director (1878–1958)
- Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (1860-1912)
- Samuel McChord Crothers, American minister (1857–1927)

## Similar surnames

Carothers, Caruthers, Carithers, Carter, Crowder, Crowther, Courter, Crater, Charter, Cordero, Cartwright, Crider.

## 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.