How common is the surname Cruikshank?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Cruikshank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cruikshank?

George Cruikshank, British caricaturist and book illustrator; (1792-1878), followed by Lucas Cruikshank.

Where is the surname Cruikshank most common?

Wikidata records people named Cruikshank in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Is the surname Cruikshank getting more or less common?

More common. 1,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Cruikshank

A surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cruikshank is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Cruikshank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,338.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,883)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Cruikshank

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

90% of people named Cruikshank identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cruikshanks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Cruikshank
British caricaturist and book illustrator; (1792-1878)
Lucas Cruikshank
American actor (born 1993)
William Cruikshank
British artist (1848-1922)
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater, born 1964

Notable Cruikshanks come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cruikshank

Cruikshank has the Soundex code C625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C625.

Questions

How common is the surname Cruikshank?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Cruikshank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cruikshank?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cruikshank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cruikshank?: George Cruikshank, British caricaturist and book illustrator; (1792-1878), followed by Lucas Cruikshank.
Where is the surname Cruikshank most common?: Wikidata records people named Cruikshank in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Is the surname Cruikshank getting more or less common?: More common. 1,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.3%.