How common is the surname Crystal?

1,989 people in the United States had the surname Crystal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,227 Americans. It ranked 14,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Crystal?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Crystal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Crystal getting more or less common?

More common. 1,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,989 in 2010, up 1.2%.

Is Crystal also a first name?

Yes. Crystal is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Crystal

A surname, carried by 1,989 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C623 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crystal is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,989 people named Crystal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,227 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,965.

#14,878

rank among US surnames

1,989

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,870	Alvord	1,991	155,071
#14,876	Bajwa	1,990	155,149
#14,878	Townson	1,989	155,227
#14,881	Bate	1,988	155,305

Who is named Crystal

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

83% of people named Crystal identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Chrystal

Surnames that sound like Crystal

Crystal has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

Questions

How common is the surname Crystal?: 1,989 people in the United States had the surname Crystal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,227 Americans. It ranked 14,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crystal?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Crystal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Crystal getting more or less common?: More common. 1,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,989 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Crystal?: Chrystal.
Is Crystal also a first name?: Yes. Crystal is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.