# Crowther (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,880 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,574 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (3,672 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹaʊðə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Crowder.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crowther 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) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crowther in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Crowther

- Bosley Crowther, American film critic (1905–1981)
- Kitty Crowther, Belgian children's illustrator and writer (born 1970)
- Welles Crowther, American stock trader and volunteer firefighter, victim of September 11 attacks (1977–2001

## Similar surnames

Carter, Crowder, Carothers, Caruthers, Crothers, Courter, Crater, Carithers, Cordero, Cartwright, Crider, Corder.

## 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.