Cruickshank
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Scots Cruickshank, from cruick (“bent; lame”) + shank (“leg”).
Proper noun
Cruickshank (plural Cruickshanks)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cruickshank is the 14215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2111 individuals. Cruickshank is most common among White (76.27%) and Black/African American (18.43%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cruickshank”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 389.