Crothers is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Crothers
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: A harper, a musician, came from crwth, a harp, a Scandinavian fiddle and cruit in Gaelic

How popular is Crothers?

Crothers is common in Australia.

Crothers is ranked 64670 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Crothers bearers increased by 4.065976 per cent in 2010 US census to 2713 since 2000, the surname slipped by 423 spots and ranked at 11585. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.86 91.83
Black 3.83 3.64
Hispanic or Latino 3.39 1.92
Others 2.14 1.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.38
Crothers is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7050 people have been found who wears Crothers as their family name. Crothers is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
44,018 Poland2
5,553 Taiwan1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
4,249 Cambodia1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
123,175 Tanzania1
174,544 Czech Republic1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
7,895 South Korea1
1,254 Gibraltar1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
49,101 Denmark1
2,057 Isle of Man1
29,046 Japan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
56,169 Mexico1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
1,253 Burundi1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,620 Singapore30
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
6,180 Scotland85
4,308 Ireland82
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Crothers:
424 Northern Ireland763
11,004 England570
8,882 Canada455
4,808 New Zealand159
2,488 Wales158
Countries with thousands of Crothers:
11,378 United States3,157
2,238 Australia1,398
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Joseph Crothers from Ireland aboard the Mersey from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on May 30, 1846. 40 years old Margt. Crothers, Maid Alice Crothers, Nancy Crothers, aged 18, 12 years old James Crothers, William Crothers (10) Servant, Mary-Jane Crothers (6), 3 years old Margt. Crothers, Robert Crothers (26) Mechanic, and 21 other Crothers around 37.5% of whom were servant while others worked as spinster and cloth finisher migrated to US.

Crothers Namesakes

  • Scatman Crothers, Actor
  • Bronson Crothers, Author
  • Deanne Crothers, Politician
  • Rachel Crothers, Playwright
  • Scatman Crothers, Actor
  • Jayson Crothers, Cinematographer
  • Joel Crothers, Actor
  • Joel Crothers, Actor
  • Joel Crothers, Actor
  • Connie Crothers, Jazz Pianist
  • In 2019 comedy, drama flick, Saint Frances, Braden Crothers portrayed Cortland.
  • Stephanie Crothers, from 2011 drama flick Diamond Bar, who characterized Jill.

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