The Crenshaw surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,096 people carried this name — #1,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 17,402 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
28 Crenshaw families were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 133 people lived in those households, 4.8 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 235 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Crenshaw in American newspapers,
1841–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 103,700 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Crenshaw in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.
106 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crenshaw. The most, 23, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.7 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crenshaw.
Who carried it
People named Crenshaw,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Crenshaw 1797–1871 · slave trader -
Mary Mayo Crenshaw 1875–1951 · writer
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Claude J. Crenshaw 1918–1972 · military personnel -
Rebecca Crenshaw 1763–1806
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Anderson Crenshaw 1783–1847 · judge
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John T. Crenshaw 1805– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Crenshaw,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States852 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 537
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 261
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
- Sacramento County historic burials 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Malcolm L. CrenshawBorn 1914 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; laundry worker from Davidson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record William Anderson CrenshawBorn 1939; from Mobile, Alabama. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Mobile National Cemetery, Alabama.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Alice CrenshawArrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Helvetia from Liverpool, aged 8. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 852 records for Crenshaw in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia2 records
- Tasmanian Names Index 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Edwd CrenshawArrived in Victoria in 1846 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Maitland, aged 27.
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record William CrenshawMarried 1856 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 27.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Crenshaw.
- Cregut 108 · U.S. census
- Creighton 7,282 · U.S. census
- Crema 160 · U.S. census
- Cremer 1,239 · U.S. census
- Cremers 350 · U.S. census
- Cremona 230 · U.S. census
- Crepeau 918 · U.S. census
- Crescenzo 685 · U.S. census
- Cresci 526 · U.S. census
- Crespi 620 · U.S. census
- Crespin 2,734 · U.S. census
- Crespo 17,629 · U.S. census
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