Crawshaw

English

Alternative forms

• Crashaw, Croshaw

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Crawshawbooth, in Lancashire, which is from Old English crāwe (“crow”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Proper noun

Crawshaw (plural Crawshaws)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crawshaw is the 31754^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 727 individuals. Crawshaw is most common among White (93.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crawshaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.