# Crump (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,737 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,727 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,889 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (19,973 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the adjective crump (“crooked”). Compare Croom. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Krump (see Krumm and Ruhm) and Kramp.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crump 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) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crump in the United States and Australia.

## People named Crump

- Jason Crump, Australian speedway rider
- Benjamin Crump, American jurist
- Blake Edwards, American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)

## Similar surnames

Crumpton, Crumpler, Crumbley, Crumb, Cranford, Carnevale, Crampton, Crownover, Crompton, Cranfill, Crombie.

## 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.