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    The surname Crumb

    A surname, carried by 2,271 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C651

    Crumb: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Crumb #13,418, 2,271 people Crumb: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Crumb #13,418, 2,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crumb is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    English, Scottish, and Irish surname, spelling variant of Crum.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,271 people named Crumb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,195.

    #13,418
    rank among US surnames
    2,271
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,851)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,413Weingarten2,272135,892
    #13,418Presson2,271135,951
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011

    Who is named Crumb

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

    73% of people named Crumb identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crumbs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Crumb
      American illustrator and cartoonist (born 1943)
    • George Crumb
      American composer (1929-2022)
    • Ann Crumb
      American actress and singer (1950-2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crumb

    Crumb has the Soundex code C651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C651.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crumb come from?
    English, Scottish, and Irish surname, spelling variant of Crum.
    How common is the surname Crumb?
    2,271 people in the United States had the surname Crumb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. It ranked 13,418th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crumb?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Crumb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crumb?
    Robert Crumb, American illustrator and cartoonist (born 1943), followed by George Crumb.
    Where is the surname Crumb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crumb in the United States.
    Is the surname Crumb getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,271 in 2010, up 3.5%.