How common is the surname Crum?

17,944 people in the United States had the surname Crum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,206 Americans. It ranked 2,010th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crum?

Denny Crum, American basketball player and coach.

Where is the surname Crum most common?

Wikidata records people named Crum in the United States.

Is the surname Crum getting more or less common?

More common. 17,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,944 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Crum

A surname, carried by 17,944 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crum is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, from McCrum. * As a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname, from Krom.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,944 people named Crum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,206 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,452.

#2,010

rank among US surnames

17,944

people in 2010

6.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,889)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,001	Moya	18,071	17,085
#2,002	Vogt	18,061	17,095
#2,003	Kimble	18,040	17,114
#2,004	Barraza	18,030	17,124
#2,005	Hay	18,029	17,125
#2,006	Platt	18,022	17,132
#2,007	Fernandes	18,018	17,135

Who is named Crum

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

86% of people named Crum identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crums

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Denny Crum
American basketball player and coach, 1937–2023

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Crumm

Surnames that sound like Crum

Crum has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

Where does the surname Crum come from?: * As an Irish and Scottish surname, from McCrum. * As a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname, from Krom.
How common is the surname Crum?: 17,944 people in the United States had the surname Crum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,206 Americans. It ranked 2,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crum?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Crum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crum?: Denny Crum, American basketball player and coach.
Where is the surname Crum most common?: Wikidata records people named Crum in the United States.
Is the surname Crum getting more or less common?: More common. 17,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,944 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Crum?: Crumm.