Crea is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Crea
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Crea is variant of the Rith. Old English eruth, a ford.

Lastname Crea is the variation of the McRae. Descendant of Macrath meaning "son of grace," the full form being a given name.

Crea is the variant of the McCray. Descendant of MacRaith, a given name, meaning son of grace or prosperity.

Crea is variant of the Rhea. Dweller near the rapids; dweller near the river Rea that also means "river," and located in Wales.

How popular is Crea?

Crea is common in Italy, United States, Argentina, France, Australia.

Crea is ranked 73709 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Creas plummeted by 4.11 per cent to 794 since 2000 and slipped by 2248 spots and ranked at 29661. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.06 93
Hispanic or Latino 5.54 3.86
Others 1.76 1.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.63 0.85
Crea is quite popular family name mostly used in Italy however Seychelles is ahead in terms of density. Around 6675 people have been found who wears Crea as their family name. Crea is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Crea:
2,424 Italy4,140
27,301 United States1,229
Countries with hundreds of Crea:
10,010 Argentina361
42,205 France242
12,520 Australia240
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
42,927 Canada73
306 Seychelles70
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
142,916 Brazil37
37,845 Belgium34
44,096 Spain34
21,684 Switzerland31
82,017 England26
14,824 Dominican Republic23
267,290 Indonesia22
163,016 Germany21
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
8,246 Tunisia9
39,591 Venezuela7
23,614 Colombia6

Crea Namesakes

  • Vivien Crea, 25th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard under Admiral Thad W. Allen
  • Steven Crea, American mobster

Crea Namesakes

  • Vivien Crea, 25th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard under Admiral Thad W. Allen
  • Steven Crea, American mobster

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