Last Name CRICHTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Crichton, an old estate and castle in county Edinburgh. It is clear that although there is Creighton, a township in the parish of Uttoxeter, county Stafford, the various forms all represent one surname, and that is the Scotch Crichton. The castle of plunder � creachton. The family are descended from William de Crichton, 1240. In the Gaelic, 'criochton' signifies a boundary hill, end, limit, landmark; 'creachton,' the hill or castle of plunder, or the ruined, pillaged place.

Origin	English, Scotch, Scottish, Irish, Gaelic, Falkland

Rank	16,341 (2000 US census)	12,244 (1990 US census)

Count	1,623 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

86.63%, or 1406 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.87%, or 79 total occurrences, as black,
3.82%, or 62 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.77%, or 45 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 22 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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