Cronkhite Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Families named Cronkhite carry a German surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who was ill, an invalid”.

• Cronkhite ranked 25,187 in the 2010 US Census, with 984 people answering to the name.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Cronkhite, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Research your Cronkhite family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.