Where Does the Creagh Surname Come From?

Creagh is a branch of the Craig name tree. The family name meaning is “Dweller by the crag”, the same as for Craig.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Records show Creagh as one of the forms Craig took over time.
• Related forms: Crage and Craigie.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Creagh with 678 bearers, at rank 33,596. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Craig and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Creagh family name pack.