Last Name CRISP

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Meaning	Nickname: The crisp, i.e. the curly hair; also 'the son of Crispin,' from the nickname Crisp.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,640 (2000 US census)	2,214 (1990 US census)

Count	12,581 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.79%, or 10542 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.07%, or 1519 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 74 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.7%, or 214 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.48%, or 186 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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