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The CRICHTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,623 16341 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 260 15894 0.001 5
Change since 1880 +1363 -447 0 +1
Other Countries
Australia 820 1982 0.005 50
United Kingdom 2,863 2166 0.006 62
Top States for CRICHTON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 152 14824 0.000 4
Florida 134 12264 0.001 8
New York 121 14276 0.001 6
Illinois 87 13915 0.001 7
Washington 77 8521 0.001 13
Top States for CRICHTON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wyoming 35 1589 0.007 71
South Dakota 22 5480 0.003 29
Maine 29 5254 0.002 23
Montana 19 6802 0.002 21
Oregon 50 7850 0.001 15

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CRICHTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CRICHTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CRICHTON in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CRICHTON by picking someone at random in Wyoming than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CRICHTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CRICHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CRICHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CRICHTON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 79 4.87
Asian/Pacific 62 3.82
Mixed Race 45 2.77
White (Hispanic) 22 1.36
Native American/Alaskan 9 0.55
White (Caucasian) 1,406 86.63

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CRICHTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CRICHTON in historical publications

(origin: In the Gaelic) criochton signifies a boundary hill, end, limit, landmark; creachton, the hill or castle of plunder, or the ruined, pillaged place.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


CRICHTON. An ancient castle and estate in Edinburghshire, well known in history, and long the seat of the family.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to CRICHTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CRICHTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CRICHTON

The following words are slight variants of CRICHTON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.