Last Name CRANFORD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Cranford, a parish in county Northampton, four miles from Kettering.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,464 (2000 US census)	3,903 (1990 US census)

Count	9,429 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.32%, or 7762 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.29%, or 1347 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 34 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.58%, or 149 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.91%, or 86 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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