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Origin Of The Surname Crabb
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Meaning Of The Surname Crabb
One who Resembled a Crab
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Interesting
Facts About
Crabb
Crabb is a surname that could have been used either topographically or as a nickname. It comes from the Old English ‘crabbe’ meaning crab, and could have been given as a nickname for a person who resembled a crab, for example in their gait. Nicknames were a convenient way of distinguishing people, and because of this many nicknames became hereditary surnames. Topographical surnames described the area in which the bearer lived, and in this case the surname could have been given to a person who lived next to a crab apple tree. |
Crabb Statistics
Crabb is the number 1211 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 8,198 share the surname Crabb in the UK.
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