How common is the surname Crump?

20,737 people in the United States had the surname Crump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,889 Americans. It ranked 1,727th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crump?

Jason Crump, Australian speedway rider, followed by Benjamin Crump.

Where is the surname Crump most common?

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

Is the surname Crump getting more or less common?

More common. 19,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,737 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Crump

A surname, carried by 20,737 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crump is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,737 people named Crump in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,889 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,973.

#1,727

rank among US surnames

20,737

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,643)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,718	Dick	20,923	14,756
#1,719	Voss	20,911	14,765
#1,720	Greenberg	20,897	14,775
#1,721	Finn	20,852	14,807
#1,722	Venegas	20,851	14,807
#1,723	McNeal	20,778	14,859
#1,724	Metzger	20,771	14,864

Who is named Crump

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

59% of people named Crump identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crumps

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Crump
Australian speedway rider, born 1975
Benjamin Crump
American jurist, born 1969
Blake Edwards
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)

Notable Crumps come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crump

Crump 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 Crump come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Crump?: 20,737 people in the United States had the surname Crump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,889 Americans. It ranked 1,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crump?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Crump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crump?: Jason Crump, Australian speedway rider, followed by Benjamin Crump.
Where is the surname Crump most common?: Wikidata records people named Crump in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Crump getting more or less common?: More common. 19,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,737 in 2010, up 3.8%.