# Crossan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crossan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,830 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 259,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (1,122 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Croson |

## Etymology

Reduced form of McCrossen, from Irish Mac an Chrosáin (“son of the satirist”), from crosán (“reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crossan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crossan in Ireland.

## People named Crossan

- John Dominic Crossan, American academic

## Similar surnames

Crosson, Crowson, Crossen, Crossman, Crisman, Crissman, Cressman, Croghan, Carson, Corrigan, Chrisman, Carrigan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.