How common is the surname Cress?

5,565 people in the United States had the surname Cress in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,480 Americans. It ranked 6,153rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cress?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cress identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cress getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,565 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Cress

A surname, carried by 5,565 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cress is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,565 people named Cress in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,480 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,616.

#6,153

rank among US surnames

5,565

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,668)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,146	Bromley	5,576	55,370
#6,147	Storms	5,575	55,380
#6,148	Lafrance	5,574	55,390
#6,149	Wendel	5,572	55,410
#6,150	Seely	5,571	55,420
#6,151	Mitchel	5,570	55,430
#6,152	Bartel	5,568	55,450

Who is named Cress

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Cress identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cress

Cress has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

Questions

How common is the surname Cress?: 5,565 people in the United States had the surname Cress in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,480 Americans. It ranked 6,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cress?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cress identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cress getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,565 in 2010, down 0.9%.