Crowther
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Person who plays the crowd, an ancient Celtic stringed instrument
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Crowther is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 17K
- CACanada≈1 in 54K
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.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 328 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Person who plays the crowd, an ancient Celtic stringed instrument.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Crowther 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 13K | listed | Crowther | 213 |
| US United States | 3,880 | 1 in 86K | 4K | Crowther | 328 |
| AU Australia | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Crowther | 148 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 178K | — | Crowther | 25 |
| CA Canada | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Crowther | 114 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Crowther | 64 |
| SG Singapore | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Crowther | 3 |
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 — Surname Frequency 2020; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 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)
Crowther is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A derivative of ME crouth, croude 'fiddle', i.e. a fiddler; first attested Richard le Cruder 1275 RH (K).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, crowd, ME crouth, croude, a type of popular medieval stringed instrument (W erwth). Vars.: Crowder, Crother, Crewther. Crystal see Cristal Patrs.; Crothers (see also Carruthers); McWhirter. Ctibor see Stibor
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, Dims, (of 1): It.: Crocetti, Crucetti, Crucitti, Crosetto, Crosetti. Habitation names: Pol.: Krzyz(an)owski. Var.: Crosfield.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
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)
- Samuel Ajayi Crowtherb. 1806GBYoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria (1809-1891)
- Bosley Crowtherb. 1905USAmerican film critic (1905–1981)
- Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowtherb. 1907GBBritish economist and journalist (1907-1972)
- Leslie Crowtherb. 1933GBEnglish comedian, actor, TV presenter, and game show host
- William Crowtherb. 1936UScomputer programmer and caver
- John M. Crowtherb. 1939USAmerican writer
- Paul Crowtherb. 1953IEProfessor of philosophy
- Kitty Crowtherb. 1970BEBelgian children's illustrator and writer (born 1970)
- Welles Crowtherb. 1977USAmerican stock trader and volunteer firefighter, victim of September 11 attacks (1977–2001)
- Philip Crowtherb. 1981LUBritish-German-Luxembourgish journalist
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 26 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4K | #8,032 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.9K | #8,492 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.7K | #8,298 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Crowther mean, and where does it come from?
- Person who plays the crowd, an ancient Celtic stringed instrument. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Crowther have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Crowther in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crowther.
- How common is the name Crowther?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,880 people named Crowther in 2010, about 1 in 86 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, “Crowther”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.