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CROWDER

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There are approximately 2,588 people named Crowder in the UK. That makes it the 3,676th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 41 are named Crowder.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Crowther
Crothers
Crader
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Crowdder
Crooder
Crowdar
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Crouder
Croudder
Chrowder
Crowdair
Croudier
Crowdare
Crouders
Chroeder
Croudor
Croudar
Creuder
Croder
Crowdee
Crowde
Coruder
Carouder

The Crowder surname in historical dictionaries

CROWDER. A player on the croivd, an ancient species of violin with six strings. (Irish cniii, Welsh crivth). In the West of England a small fiddle is still called a "crowdy-kit." It appears to have been a favourite instrument in Britain so early as the VI. cent. In Wickliffe's translation of the Bible, in Judges xi. 34, Jephthah's daughter is described as coming to meet her father " with tj-mpaus and croudix," i. e. vith drums and fiddles. Way's Prompt. Parv.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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