Crawford (name)

Crawford is a surname (and occasional given name) of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin. In some cases it is a habitational name derived from several different places called Crawford (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England). The placename is derived from the Old English elements crāwe ("crow") and ford ("ford"). In some cases the surname is a variant spelling of the English surname Crowfoot (see Crofoot).[1][2]

Frequency and distribution

1881 distribution[3]
CountryNumberCrawford Rank Ratio/freq
Scotland Scotland8,842681: 423
England England5,7946231: 4,207
Wales Wales 949931: 16,685
Jersey Jersey 127611: 4,324
Isle of Man Isle of Man5 1,0281: 10,854
Guernsey Guernsey 21,8341: 16,328
2014 distribution[4]
CountryNumberCrawford Rank Ratio/freq
United States United States181,790 139 1: 1,762
England England 19,633 309 1: 2,750
Canada Canada15,512 239 1: 2,284
Australia Australia12,918 191 1: 1,824
Scotland Scotland6,773 77 1: 783
South Africa South Africa6,721 977 1: 8,035
New Zealand New Zealand3,839105 1: 1,184
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland3,422 58 1: 526
Jamaica Jamaica2,284 193 1: 1,190
Republic of Ireland Ireland983 719 1: 4,673

Placename

Surname

Given name

See also

References

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