The Crane surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 37,870 people carried this name — #916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,790 people counted. That is up 2% from 37,123 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 8 births for the Crane name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Crane.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Crane,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edith Crane d. 1912 · stage actor -
William Crane d. 1545 · merchant
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Evelyn Sherbrooke Crane d. 1984
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Georgiana Crane d. 1854
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Margaret Crane d. 1864
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Waterman Crane d. 1826
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Crane.
- Crabbe 1,641 · U.S. census
- Cracco 154 · U.S. census
- Craff 110 · U.S. census
- Cramer 29,691 · U.S. census
- Crammer 399 · U.S. census
- Crance 486 · U.S. census
- Crapanzano 226 · U.S. census
- Crater 1,605 · U.S. census
- Crave 100 · U.S. census
- Cravero 155 · U.S. census
- Crea 794 · U.S. census
- Creach 559 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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