Crawford (name)

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Crawford is a surname and a given name of English and Scottish origins.

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Origin

The surname Crawford originates from a locative name, [1] possibly derived from a place name composed of the Old English elements crāwe, Scots Craw ("crow") and ford ("ford"). [2] Examples of such place names include: Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, [3] Crawford, Dorset, England, [4] and Crawford, Lancashire, England. [4] The surname is most probably derived from the Scottish place name. [5] [note 1] In some cases, the surname may be a variant of Crowfoot, a surname derived from a nickname. [7]

The surname Crawford corresponds to the Scottish Gaelic MacCreamhain, [8] and the Irish de Cráfort and Mac Crábhagáin. [9]

Early examples of forms of the surname include: John de Crauford, in 1147–1160 (Scotland), [10] Galfridus de Crauford, in 1188–1202 (Scotland), and Nicolaus de Crauford, in 1205 (England). [11]

The given name Crawford, generally a masculine name, is derived from the surname. [12]

Distribution

As a surname, Crawford is the 289th most common name in Great Britain, with 30,292 bearers. It is most common in South Lanarkshire where it is the 5th most common surname with 3,384 bearers and in Highland where it is the 8th most common surname with 3,394 bearers. Other concentrations include Belfast (25th, 3,328), Greater Manchester (58th, 3,378), Lancashire (327th, 1,852), West Midlands (341st, 1,796) and Essex (374th, 1,722), and Yorkshire.[ citation needed ] The countries with the highest percentages of Crawford families are Canada, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.[ citation needed ]

1881 distribution [13]
CountryNumberCrawford rankRatio/freq
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 8,842681: 423
Flag of England.svg England 5,7946231: 4,207
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 949931: 16,685
Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey 127611: 4,324
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man 51,0281: 10,854
Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey 21,8341: 16,328
2014 distribution [13]
CountryNumberCrawford rankRatio/freq
Flag of the United States.svg United States 181,7901391: 1,762
Flag of England.svg England 19,6333091: 2,750
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15,5122391: 2,284
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 12,9181911: 1,824
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 6,773771: 783
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 6,7219771: 8,035
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3,8391051: 1,184
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Northern Ireland 3,422581: 526
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 2,2841931: 1,190
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 9837191: 4,673

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Notes

  1. The place name is first recorded as Crauford, in about 1150. [6]

Citations

  1. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 608–609; Cottle (1969) p. 79.
  2. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 65; Hanks; Hodges (1991) p. 129.
  3. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 608–609; Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 65; Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 115; Hanks; Hodges (1991) p. 129; Black (1971) p. 182; Cottle (1969) p. 79.
  4. 1 2 Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 65; Hanks; Hodges (1991) p. 129; Cottle (1969) p. 79.
  5. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 608–609.
  6. Mills (2003) § Crawford.
  7. Hanks; Hodges (1991) pp. 129, 132.
  8. Mark (2003) p. 720.
  9. de Bhulbh (1997) p. 166.
  10. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 608–609; Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 115; Black (1971) p. 182.
  11. Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 115.
  12. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 65.
  13. 1 2 Crawford Surname Meaning & Statistics Crawford

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