The Crispin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,330 people carried this name — #9,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 22% from 2,728 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 505 people named Crispin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Crispin.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Crispin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Crispin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Crispin in American newspapers,
1908–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,913 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Crispin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Crispin 1400–1442 · politician -
Carl Crispin 1867–1929 · architect -
Wilgott Crispin 1871–1905 · actor
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Mona-Lisa Englund 1933–1999 · athletics competitor -
Gilbert Crispin 1045–1117 · writer
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Gilbert Crispin 1055–1117 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Crispin.
- Creutz 238 · U.S. census
- Crevier 589 · U.S. census
- Criado 689 · U.S. census
- Crine 134 · U.S. census
- Criqui 341 · U.S. census
- Criscuolo 1,121 · U.S. census
- Cristiani 221 · U.S. census
- Cristiano 885 · U.S. census
- Cristina 483 · U.S. census
- Cristini 179 · U.S. census
- Cristobal 3,602 · U.S. census
- Cristofaro 319 · U.S. census
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