How common is the surname Crowe?

29,953 people in the United States had the surname Crowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,308 Americans. It ranked 1,172nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crowe?

Cameron Crowe, American filmmaker and journalist (born 1957), followed by Eyre Crowe.

Where is the surname Crowe most common?

Wikidata records people named Crowe in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

Is the surname Crowe getting more or less common?

More common. 29,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,953 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Crowe

A surname, carried by 29,953 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crowe is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,953 people named Crowe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,308 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,260.

#1,172

rank among US surnames

29,953

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,095)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,163	Holley	30,231	10,213
#1,164	Cordero	30,158	10,238
#1,165	Franks	30,155	10,239
#1,166	Guillen	30,153	10,239
#1,168	Ratliff	30,083	10,263
#1,169	Sweet	30,051	10,274
#1,170	Talley	30,014	10,287

Who is named Crowe

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

88% of people named Crowe identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crowes

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cameron Crowe
American filmmaker and journalist (born 1957)
Eyre Crowe
British diplomat (1864-1925)
Frank Crowe
American engineer (1882-1946)
J. D. Crowe
American musician (1937–2021)
Martin Crowe
Australian athletics competitor (1923-2011)
Elinor Fair
American actress (1903–1957)

Notable Crowes come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crowe

Crowe has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Questions

How common is the surname Crowe?: 29,953 people in the United States had the surname Crowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,308 Americans. It ranked 1,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crowe?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Crowe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crowe?: Cameron Crowe, American filmmaker and journalist (born 1957), followed by Eyre Crowe.
Where is the surname Crowe most common?: Wikidata records people named Crowe in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
Is the surname Crowe getting more or less common?: More common. 29,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,953 in 2010, up 2.4%.