Last Name CROOKSHANKS

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Meaning Nickname: With the crooked shanks, a bow-legged man.
Crooked legs.
A name descriptive of bodily peculiarity.
Origin Scottish, Irish

Rank 40,203 (2000 US census) 36,033 (1990 US census)
Count 513 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.66%, or 501 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.75%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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