Crabb

See also: crabb

English

Etymology

As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses)
As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.

Proper noun

Crabb (countable and uncountable, plural Crabbs)

A surname.
An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Crabb is the 5897^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5851 individuals. Crabb is most common among White (91.04%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crabb”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 379.

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