<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Crawford is a surname (and occasional given name) of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin . In some cases it is a habitational name derived from several different places called Crawford (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England). The placename is derived from the Old English elements crāwe ("crow") and ford ("ford"). In some cases the surname is a variant spelling of the English surname Crowfoot (see Crofoot). As a surname, Crawford is the 289th most common name in Great Britain, with 30,292 bearers . It is most common in South Lanarkshire where it is the 5th most common surname with 3,384 bearers and in Highland where it is the 8th most common surname with 3,394 bearers . Other concentrations include Belfast (25th, 3,328), Greater Manchester (58th, 3,378), Lancashire (327th, 1,852), West Midlands (341st, 1,796) and Essex (374th, 1,722). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="5"> 1881 distribution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th> Crawford rank </Th> <Th> Ratio / freq </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scotland </Td> <Td> 8,842 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 1: 423 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> England </Td> <Td> 5,794 </Td> <Td> 623 </Td> <Td> 1: 4,207 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wales </Td> <Td> 94 </Td> <Td> 993 </Td> <Td> 1: 16,685 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jersey </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 761 </Td> <Td> 1: 4,324 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isle of Man </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 1,028 </Td> <Td> 1: 10,854 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Guernsey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1,834 </Td> <Td> 1: 16,328 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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