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    The surname Cron

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,366 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C650

    Cron: #12,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cron #12,978, 2,366 people Cron: #12,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cron #12,978, 2,366 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cron is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Scottish surname, variant of Crone, itself shortened from McCrone, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Cróin (“son of the swarthy one”), from crón (“swarthy”). * As a German, Jewish, and Swedish surname, Americanized/variant of Kron. * As a French surname, from the regional word crone (“water hole”). * Also as a French surname, from Picard Old French cron (“bent, curved”), itself probably a Germanic borrowing akin to Proto-Germanic *krumpaz or a similar variant. * As a Breton surname, from kronn (“round, rounded”), from Proto-Brythonic *krunn.

    Cron is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,366 people named Cron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,493 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,923.

    #12,978
    rank among US surnames
    2,366
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -19.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,971Handel2,367130,437
    #12,978Cron2,366130,493
    #12,981Moor2,365130,548
    #12,986Golub2,364130,603

    Who is named Cron

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

    91% of people named Cron identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • C. J. Cron
      American baseball player, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cron

    Cron has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cron come from?
    * As a Scottish surname, variant of Crone, itself shortened from McCrone, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Cróin (“son of the swarthy one”), from crón (“swarthy”). * As a German, Jewish, and Swedish surname, Americanized/variant of Kron. * As a French surname, from the regional word crone (“water hole”).…
    How common is the surname Cron?
    2,366 people in the United States had the surname Cron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,493 Americans. It ranked 12,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cron?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cron?
    C. J. Cron, American baseball player.
    Where is the surname Cron most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cron in the United States.
    What type of surname is Cron?
    Cron is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Cron getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,366 in 2010, down 19%.