Family name Cranston (Cranston 
, Cran 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common last name. The surname Cranston is characteristic of Saint Kitts and Nevis, where it is quite a common surname, Jamaica, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, Cranston is the forename as well as the last name.
| david cranston Scottish philosopher and theologian (b. 1480) |
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| william cranston Cranston, William (c.1513–1562), logician (b. 1513) |
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samuel cranston Rhode Island colonial governor, US (b. 1659) |
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| john cranston Rhode Island colonial governor, US (b. 1625) |
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thomas cranston former associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, US (b. 1710) |
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| elizabeth cranston 1671 - 1756 (b. 1671) |
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| john cranston Irish priest (b. 1677) |
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henry y. cranston American politician (1789-1864), US (b. 1789) |
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| robert cranston Irish Wesleyan minister, IE (b. 1785) |
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william w. cranston Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1838) |
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| walter cranston a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Newport, R.I., December 12, 1789. His health failing, he went to Middletown, Connecticut and died there, July 25, 1822. (b. 1789) |
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earl cranston Union Army officer, US (b. 1840) |
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| robert b. cranston American politician (1791-1873), US (b. 1791) |
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robert cranston Scottish military officer (b. 1843) |
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catherine cranston leading figure in the development of tea rooms (b. 1849) |
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