Cruickshank

English

Alternative forms

• Crookshanks

Etymology

From Scots Cruickshank, from cruick (“bent; lame”) +‎ shank (“leg”).

Proper noun

Cruickshank (plural Cruickshanks)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cruickshank is the 14215^th 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.