How common is the surname Crowther?

3,880 people in the United States had the surname Crowther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,574 Americans. It ranked 8,492nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crowther?

Bosley Crowther, American film critic (1905–1981), followed by Kitty Crowther.

Where is the surname Crowther most common?

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

How do you pronounce Crowther?

Crowther is /ˈkɹaʊðə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Crowther getting more or less common?

More common. 3,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,880 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Crowther

A surname, carried by 3,880 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹaʊðə/ 2 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crowther is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Crowder.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,880 people named Crowther in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,574 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,672.

#8,492

rank among US surnames

3,880

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,483	Sirois	3,887	79,430
#8,484	Trump	3,886	79,451
#8,485	Quinteros	3,885	79,471
#8,488	Tinney	3,884	79,492
#8,489	Halcomb	3,883	79,512
#8,490	Earhart	3,882	79,533
#8,491	Becerril	3,881	79,553

Who is named Crowther

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

90% of people named Crowther identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crowthers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Crowthers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crowther

Crowther has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

Where does the surname Crowther come from?: Variant of Crowder.
How common is the surname Crowther?: 3,880 people in the United States had the surname Crowther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,574 Americans. It ranked 8,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crowther?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Crowther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crowther?: Bosley Crowther, American film critic (1905–1981), followed by Kitty Crowther.
Where is the surname Crowther most common?: Wikidata records people named Crowther in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Crowther?: Crowther is /ˈkɹaʊðə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Crowther getting more or less common?: More common. 3,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,880 in 2010, up 5.7%.