Crëw
surname · Latin script
Crëw is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. 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”).
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 43K
- USUnited States1 in 82K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 316 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Crew in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishcrue(measured from records)
- Old Frenchcreue“an increase“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”(measured from records)
- Latincrescere“to arise“to arise, grow”(measured from records)
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 across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Crëw counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Crew | 4 |
| US United States | 4,081 | 1 in 82K | 4.6K | Crew | 316 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 39K | listed | Crew | 150 |
| AU Australia | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Crew | 97 |
| EG Egypt | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 189K | — | Crew | 12 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Crew | 18 |
| SG Singapore | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Crew | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Crëw mean, and where does it come from?
- 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”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Crëw have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Crëw in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crew.
- How common is the name Crëw?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,081 people named Crëw in 2010, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crëw”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.