Explore the Family Name Crymes

The meaning of Crymes

English: variant of Crimes, itself a devoiced variant of Grimes. This form has now died out in Britain.

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

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Crymes has experienced a decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 34,673 in terms of frequency of use but by 2010, it had dropped to the rank of 39,281 — a drop of 13.29 percent. The total count of people bearing this surname also decreased over this period, with 617 individuals recorded in 2000 and only 560 by 2010, marking a decline of 9.24 percent. Consequently, the proportion of the Crymes surname per 100,000 people also fell by 17.39 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,673	#39,281	-13.29%
Count	617	560	-9.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.19	-17.39%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Crymes

In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the majority of the individuals with the Crymes surname identify as White or Black, with an increase in the proportion of those identifying as White between 2000 and 2010 (from 65.48 percent to 66.25 percent), and a slight decrease in those identifying as Black (from 30.63 percent to 30.18 percent). Furthermore, there was a modest increase in the percentage of people categorizing themselves as Hispanic, rising from 1.30 percent in 2000 to 1.43 percent in 2010. The number of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained stagnant at zero across both years, while those identifying with two or more races saw a minor increase from 1.94 percent to 1.96 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	65.48%	66.25%	1.18%
Black	30.63%	30.18%	-1.47%
Two or More Races	1.94%	1.96%	1.03%
Hispanic	1.3%	1.43%	10%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%