Crom

See also: crom and cróm

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Krom or Croom.

Proper noun

Crom (plural Croms)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crom is the 38691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 571 individuals. Crom is most common among White (94.57%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From a typo of Crows that appeared on the live broadcast of an AFL game.

Noun

Crom

1. (Australian rules football, slang, humorous) The Adelaide Crows, an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.