Crew
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Crew is a surname, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).
- AUAustralia1 in 43K◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 49K
- USUnited States1 in 74K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈17K ◐
- Sources
- 163 ●
- 1 in 23K ◐
across 11 countries
45K records
Official registry-verified
Pakistan
Meaning & origin●
- Middle Englishcrue●
- Old Frenchcreue“an increase“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”●
- Latincrescere“to arise“to arise, grow”●
From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).
Sources 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by estimated bearers.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #904 | ≈10K△ | 135 rec. | 1 in 23K | — | Crew | 1 |
| US United States | — | ≈4.5K | 37K rec. | 1 in 74K | 4.6K | Crew | 163 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1.4K | 4.1K rec. | 1 in 49K | — | Crew | 67 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈594 | 1.6K rec. | 1 in 43K | — | Crew | 48 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈323△ | 149 rec. | 1 in 175K | — | Crew | 6 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈316 | 583 rec. | 1 in 119K | 58 | Crew | 35 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈106 | 149 rec. | 1 in 59K | — | Crew | 3 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈82 | 84 rec. | 1 in 397K | — | Crew | 6 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈48 | 104 rec. | 1 in 2.3M | — | Crew | 7 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈42 | 75 rec. | 1 in 414K | 6 | Crew | 9 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈16 | 52 rec. | 1 in 718K | 4 | Crew | 8 |
| NO Norway | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — |
Roughly 10K people in Pakistan bear this name (about 1 in 23K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English45K86%
- Welsh1.9K4%
- Spanish1.6K3%
- German4181%
- French3731%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 44,948 | 86% |
| Welsh | 1,938 | 4% |
| Spanish | 1,572 | 3% |
| German | 418 | 1% |
| French | 373 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 33 |
| 2003 | 22 |
| 2004 | 44 |
| 2005 | 49 |
| 2006 | 83 |
| 2007 | 98 |
| 2008 | 125 |
| 2009 | 144 |
| 2010 | 194 |
| 2011 | 210 |
| 2012 | 294 |
| 2013 | 317 |
| 2014 | 368 |
| 2015 | 346 |
| 2016 | 335 |
| 2017 | 340 |
| 2018 | 478 |
| 2019 | 995 |
| 2020 | 1,189 |
| 2021 | 1,306 |
| 2022 | 1,357 |
| 2023 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 1,415 |
| 2025 | 1,352 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 31 years between 1995–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- John Crew, 1st Baron Crewb. 1598English lawyer
- Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crewb. 1633GBBritish bishop; (1633-1721)
- Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kentb. 1675not in their usual nameBritish noble; (1675-1728)
- Emma Creweb. 1780not in their usual nameBritish artist and engraver (1780-1850)
- William B. Crewb. 1852USOhio Jurist and Legislator
- Henry Crewb. 1859USAmerican physicist and astronomer (1859–1953)
- Carl Crewb. 1961USAmerican actor and circus performer
- Jason Crewb. 1982USAmerican pornographic actor
- Amanda Crewb. 1986CACanadian actress
- Brittany Crewb. 1994CACanadian shot putter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.6K | #4,144 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.1K | #8,127 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.9K | #7,871 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.9K | #8,220 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 1.4K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 1.4K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.4K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 995 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 478 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 76 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Crew?
- We estimate roughly 17 thousand people bear Crew (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
- In which country does Crew have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 10 thousand people bear Crew in Pakistan, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled crew.
- Where is Crew most common?
- Crew is densest in Pakistan, where we estimate about 1 in 23 thousand people carry it.
- How common is Crew compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Crew is the 904th most common surname of 26,815 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Crew mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crew” — the 904th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.