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The Crochet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,521 people carried this name — #12,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,438 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,116 people named Crochet.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Vendée 407
Cher 217
Paris 134
Loire-Atlantique 123
Manche 87
Haute-Savoie 86
Allier 84
Maine-et-Loire 63

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 137 people named Crochet 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 Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 81
Liège 32
Walloon Brabant 13
Namur 6
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Crochet in American newspapers,
1894–1921.

Newspaper page from The Pioneer-review carrying the name Crochet
The Pioneer-review 1921-07-21
Newspaper page from The Mt. Sterling Advocate carrying the name Crochet
The Mt. Sterling Advocate 1913-07-30
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Crochet
The Scranton Tribune 1894-01-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 253,828 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Crochet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jules Crochet 1902–1974 · physician
  • Marcel Crochet 1938– · engineer
  • Bernard Crochet 1943– · historian
  • Jean-Claude Crochet 1954– · politician
  • Jean-Paul Crochet 1957– · politician
  • Isabelle Crochet 1962– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Crochet.

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