Last Name CRANSHAW

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Meaning Local: Of Cronkshaw, the twisting or winding shaw, i.e. wood. Crankshaw seems to have lain in the parish of Rochdale or Bury, county Lancashire. Cronshaw and Cranshaw are variants of the surname, and Crankshaw is the more correct modern representative.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 48,963 (2000 US census) 26,688 (1990 US census)
Count 404 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 59.16%, or 239 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.16%, or 138 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.72%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.73%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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