Explore the Family Name Cramp

The meaning of Cramp

1. English: variant of Crump. 2. Dutch: variant of Kramp. 3. Americanized form of German Kramp.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Cramp in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Cramp has seen a decline in popularity over the course of a decade. In 2000, it was ranked 45,403rd most popular surname in the United States, with 444 individuals bearing this name. By 2010, its rank had dropped to 55,505th, representing a decrease in popularity by 22.25%. The total count of people with the surname also dipped from 444 to 370, marking a decrease of 16.67%. Consequently, the proportion of the population with the surname Cramp for every 100,000 people reduced from 0.16 to 0.13, a decline of 18.75%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,403	#55,505	-22.25%
Count	444	370	-16.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.13	-18.75%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cramp

The ethnic identity of those with the surname Cramp shifted slightly between 2000 and 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 88.74% identified as White, and this figure remained largely stable in 2010 at 88.65%, a slight reduction of 0.10%. The percentage of individuals identifying as Black decreased significantly from 4.05% to 1.89%, a change of -53.33%. The category of American Indian and Alaskan Native saw an increase in representation from 4.28% to 5.41%, a growth rate of 26.40%. Meanwhile, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in either year, while 2.16% identified as being of two or more races in 2010, a category not represented in 2000. The proportion identifying as Hispanic also dropped to zero in 2010 from 1.35% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.74%	88.65%	-0.1%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	4.28%	5.41%	26.4%
Two or More Races	0%	2.16%	0%
Black	4.05%	1.89%	-53.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.35%	0%	0%