Explore the Family Name Crate

The meaning of Crate

English (Hampshire and Surrey): topographic name for someone who lived by a croft or small enclosed field, from Middle English croft, craft, early Modern English crat, crawt, and crate. See also Croft 1.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Crate has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Crate was ranked as the 43,546th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had fallen to the 49,461st position, or a decrease of 13.58 percent. The number of occurrences also diminished from 467 in 2000 to 425 in 2010, a drop of 8.99 percent. Accordingly, the proportion of the surname Crate per 100,000 individuals also decreased from 0.17 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010, a decline of 17.65 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,546	#49,461	-13.58%
Count	467	425	-8.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.14	-17.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Crate

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Crate identify as White. Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Crates identifying as White increased slightly from 83.51 percent to 84.94 percent. In 2000, 13.70 percent identified as Black and this percentage fell slightly to 12.47 percent in 2010. Those identifying with two or more ethnicities and those identifying as Hispanic were both at 1.28 percent in 2000; however, in 2010, these categories dropped to zero. Lastly, there was no representation for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.51%	84.94%	1.71%
Black	13.7%	12.47%	-8.98%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.28%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.28%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%