What ethnicity is the last name Crellin?

Question

What ethnicity is the last name Crellin?

Answer 1

CRELLIN appears to be a purely Manx name, but, as in COTTIER, there is a tradition of French origin, which, in this case, is said to be from the noble family of DECRILLON. It is remarkable that in the parishes where CRELLIN is common, CRENNELL is scarcely found, and vice versa.

CRENNELL, and CRELLIN (the latter by metathasis from the former) were both probably contracted from MacRaitnall or MacRaghnaill, ' Reginald's son.' RAGHNALL is the Celtic form of the common Scandinavian name ROGNVALDR, (rögn, a collective name for the Gods, is a frequent commencement of proper names, and valdr, 'ruler,' is equally common as an ending.) It was not common in Ireland till the thirteenth century.

Answer 2

Manx: from a metathesized form of Crennall, which is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Raghnaill ‘son of Raghnall’, a personal name from Old Norse R{o,}gvaldr meaning ‘ruler of the gods’.

Top Places of Origin for Crellin

Place of

Origin Crellin Immigrants

England 20

Great Britain 5

Ireland 3

Isle of Man 2

In 1840 there were 3 Crellin families in the United States.  One in Ohio.

Answer 3

They came from County Derry Ireland http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...