Crampon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OFr crampoun ‘a grappling iron’ or nickname ‘curved horn’; first attested William Cramphome 1324 LLB K
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Crampon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 65K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M
- BEBelgium1 in 1.5M
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 155 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 65K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OFr crampoun ‘a grappling iron’ or nickname ‘curved horn’; first attested William Cramphome 1324 LLB K
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Crampon 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 65K | 140 | Crampon | 155 |
| ES Spain | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 3M | — | Crampon | 1 |
| US United States | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 23M | — | Crampon | 18 |
| BE Belgium | 8 | 1 in 1.5M | 8 | Crampon | 12 |
| CH Switzerland | 8 | 1 in 1.1M | 8 | — | — |
| CA Canada | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | — | Crampon | 7 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Crampon is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, cleat, crampon (a protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, CRAMPÓN, crampoane, s. n. 1. Piron de oțel cu secțiune pătrată, cu care se fixează pe traverse șinele de cale ferată. 2. Bucată mică de talpă groasă, de cauciuc sau de material plastic care se aplică pe talpa unor bocanci de sport, pentru a asigura stabilitatea jucătorilor pe teren. 3. Rădăcină adventivă a unei plante agățătoare, prin care aceasta se prinde de copaci, de ziduri etc.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Augustin Cramponb. 1826FRcatholic theologian and Bible translator (1826-1894)
- Ernest Cramponb. 1829FRFrench diplomat
- Laurent Cramponb. 1967FRFrench politician
- Mickaël Cramponb. 1984FRPh.D. Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I 2011
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(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 190 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 182 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 179 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 155 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 143 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 141 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 140 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 133 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 92 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 90 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 67 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
Reference works 1
- 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Crampon mean, and where does it come from?
- from OFr crampoun ‘a grappling iron’ or nickname ‘curved horn’; first attested William Cramphome 1324 LLB K Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Crampon have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Crampon in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crampon.
- How common is the name Crampon?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 8 people named Crampon in 2008, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cramponThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Crampon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.