Crochet
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Crochet is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 132K
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 17K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 226 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
How Crochet is read(measured from records)
Crochet is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English48%
A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French43%
hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Crochet 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Crochet | 1 |
| FR France | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 398 | Crochet | 226 |
| US United States | 2,521 | 1 in 132K | 2.5K | Crochet | 127 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Crochet | 4 |
| BE Belgium | 291 | 1 in 40K | 291 | Crochet | 30 |
| LU Luxembourg | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Crochet | 8 |
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); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Crochet 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 Spanish, alternative form of croché
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, alternative form of crochê
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, hook, crook
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, croquet
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Jules Crochetb. 1902FRFrench aviator (1902-1974)
- Marcel Crochetb. 1938BEPh.D. University of California, Berkeley 1966
- Jean-Claude Crochetb. 1954FRFrench politician
- Jean-Paul Crochetb. 1957FRFrench politician
- Isabelle Crochetb. 1962FRFrench politician
- Philippe Crochetb. 1969FRFrench politician
- Garrett Crochetb. 1999USAmerican baseball player (born 1999)
- Jared J CrochetUSresearcher
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 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.5K | #12,333 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,766 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,431 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 573 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 569 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 568 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 522 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 463 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 446 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 417 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 398 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 361 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Crochet mean, and where does it come from?
- A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Crochet?
- In the etymology graph, Crochu is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Crochet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Crochet in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crochet.
- How common is the name Crochet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,521 people named Crochet in 2010, about 1 in 132 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, “Crochet”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.