Last Name CREIGHTON

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Meaning Local: Of Crichton, an old estate and castle in county Edinburgh. It is clear that although there is Creighton, a township in the parish of Uttoxeter, county Stafford, the various forms all represent one surname, and that is the Scotch Crichton.
Origin English, Scotch, Irish, South african

Rank 4,567 (2000 US census) 3,548 (1990 US census)
Count 7,126 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.63%, or 6031 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.48%, or 818 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.49%, or 35 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.38%, or 98 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 107 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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