Popularity of the last name by country
United States
- California (13,817)
- Pennsylvania (10,435)
- Virginia (9,461)
- Missouri (8,233)
- Illinois (8,119)
- New York (5,784)
- Kentucky (5,584)
- Colorado (5,231)
- Ohio (4,852)
- Indiana (4,071)
- North Carolina (4,049)
- New Jersey (3,943)
- Maryland (3,906)
- Tennessee (3,740)
- Michigan (2,408)
- South Carolina (2,385)
- Iowa (2,269)
- Massachusetts (1,925)
- Texas (1,849)
- Kansas (1,847)
- Washington (1,242)
- Arkansas (1,220)
- West Virginia (1,206)
- Alabama (1,199)
- Nebraska (1,142)
- Minnesota (1,021)
- Georgia (928)
- Oklahoma (928)
- Maine (910)
- Mississippi (740)
- Wisconsin (736)
- Utah (703)
- Florida (700)
- Montana (686)
- Connecticut (674)
- Vermont (624)
- Arizona (563)
- Idaho (532)
- Oregon (530)
- Louisiana (455)
- North Dakota (419)
- New Hampshire (382)
- New Mexico (361)
- Delaware (300)
- South Dakota (286)
- Wyoming (166)
- Nevada (159)
- Hawaii (152)
- Rhode Island (77)
- Alaska (50)
All countries
- United Kingdom (149,575)
- United States (116,888)
- Ireland (27,817)
- New Zealand (16,118)
- Australia (10,591)
- Canada (9,002)
- France (2,748)
- Unknown country (1,720)
- Italy (542)
- Germany (445)
- Switzerland (302)
- Netherlands (282)
- Belgium (238)
- Spain (176)
- South Africa (170)
- India (163)
- Jamaica (161)
- Colombia (150)
- Mexico (123)
- Argentina (103)
- Sweden (92)
- Paraguay (89)
- Russian Federation (81)
- China (74)
- Portugal (74)
- Greece (73)
- Egypt (64)
- Peru (56)
- Denmark (50)
- Indonesia (48)
- Lebanon (48)
- Korea, Republic of (46)
- Cuba (45)
- Malta (41)
- Turkey (40)
- Philippines (37)
- Poland (36)
- Gibraltar (33)
- Brazil (31)
- Austria (27)
Origine of last name
CRAIG : 1: Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock Older Scots crag craig. Compare the synonymous English <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cragg">Cragg</a>.2: Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’ from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith strength’).
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