Crichton is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Crichton
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: In Gaelic, criochton signifies a boundary hill, end, limit, landmark. Creachton means, the hill or castle of plunder, or the ruined, pillaged place

How popular is Crichton?

Crichton is common in Canada.

Crichton is ranked 35854 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Crichtons grew by 13.8016 per cent to 1847 since 2000 and ranked 15777 after elevating 564 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.62 86.63
Black 7.42 4.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.55 3.82
Others 3.25 2.77
Hispanic or Latino 1.89 1.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.55
Crichton is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Samoa is ahead in terms of density. Around 13823 people have been found who wears Crichton as their family name. Crichton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
9,759 Japan5
10,542 China4
949 Belize3
2,720 South Korea3
46,068 Philippines3
40,064 Nigeria2
18,718 Thailand2
147,165 Czech Republic2
723,167 Indonesia2
21,529 Singapore2
54,641 Sweden2
1,118 Isle of Man2
124,220 Italy2
9,185 Hong Kong2
139,444 Brazil2
1,777 Jersey2
65,594 Belgium2
15,162 Costa Rica1
10,683 Cyprus1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
25,721 Egypt1
19,810 Croatia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
165,773 Belarus1
897,276 Russia1
2,211 Brunei1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,190 Barbados1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
25,746 Finland1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,254 Gibraltar1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
11,510 Oman1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
12,745 Luxembourg1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
56,169 Mexico1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
700 Somalia1
3,586 Honduras1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
492,292 Ukraine1
846 American Samoa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
3,642 Northern Ireland48
49,869 Spain38
4,481 Trinidad and Tobago26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
28,338 Norway20
23,914 Denmark20
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Crichton:
1,359 New Zealand542
42 Samoa392
1,091 Jamaica286
43,536 Germany235
4,533 Chile225
50,564 France196
2,197 Wales181
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines157
Countries with thousands of Crichton:
3,193 England2,415
14,622 United States2,317
3,037 South Africa2,137
536 Scotland1,614
1,982 Australia1,601
4,006 Canada1,144
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old John Crichton who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 26, 1849 by Lady Of The Lake put out from Glasgow. 45 years old James Crichton, Isabella Crichton, aged 44, William Crichton, aged 17, Immigrant John Crichton, Immigrant Ellen Crichton, 12 years old Isabella Crichton, Fanny Crichton (10) Immigrant, James Crichton (8), are other Crichton that migrated to US.

Crichton Namesakes

  • Charles Crichton, Film director
  • Michael Crichton, Author
  • Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet's daughter
  • John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Marquess of Bute
  • Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet's daughter
  • John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute, Marquess of Bute
  • Andrew Crichton, Biographer
  • John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, 3rd Marquess of Bute
  • Michael Crichton, Author
  • Michael Crichton, Author
  • In 2017, Isabel Crichton portrayed the role of Mary Ferill and Blood Bass in comedy and musical film Welcome to the Show.

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