Craig Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 27
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 148
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 137
Derbyshire 42
Devon 88
Dorset 10
Durham 1,141
Essex 190
Gloucestershire 36
Hampshire 85
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 28
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 39
Kent 110
Lancashire 1,143
Leicestershire 40
Lincolnshire 32
London 664
Middlesex 199
Northumberland 612
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 14
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 44
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 137
Sussex 58
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 53
Westmorland 49
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 33
Yorkshire 412

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 5
Carnarvonshire 11
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 39
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 18
Radnorshire 0

Craig Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Craig family

Profession Census Frequency
School 574
Private Means 67
Clerk 32
Coal Miner Hewer 31
None 30
Farmer 30
General Labourer 29
Labourer 28
Dressmaker 24
General Servant (domestic) 23
Student 22
Domestic Servant 19
At School 17
Scholar 16
Cotton Weaver 16
At Home 15
Dock Labourer 15
Assisting In The Business 14
Shop Assistant 14
Joiner 14
General Servant Domestic 12
Housekeeper 11
Railway Clerk 11
School Boy 11
Milliner 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Craig

Name Census Frequency
John Craig 1,789
Mary Craig 1,629
William Craig 1,494
James Craig 1,277
Elizabeth Craig 1,113
Margaret Craig 846
Thomas Craig 845
Robert Craig 817
George Craig 763
Jane Craig 655
Sarah Craig 566
Joseph Craig 410
Ann Craig 408
Annie Craig 398
Isabella Craig 298
Charles Craig 295
Ellen Craig 273
David Craig 271
Alexander Craig 268
Agnes Craig 224
Alice Craig 212
Hannah Craig 212
Henry Craig 198
Edward Craig 197
Catherine Craig 186

Craig Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Craig 100% 24,347
2 Crago 60% 1,551
3 Courage 43% 1,433
4 Crage 60% 1,250
5 Craigie 71% 1,191
6 Craige 83% 453
7 Cragie 67% 413
8 Craigg 83% 373
9 Cragoe 50% 344
10 Creig 80% 313
11 Crag 80% 253
12 Cregoe 33% 154

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The surname Craig is the most popular version of all its varients

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