How common is the surname Crossley?

5,878 people in the United States had the surname Crossley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,526 Americans. It ranked 5,868th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crossley?

Pamela Kyle Crossley, American historian (born 1955).

Where is the surname Crossley most common?

Wikidata records people named Crossley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Crossley?

Crossley is /ˈkɹɒslɪ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Crossley getting more or less common?

More common. 5,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,878 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Crossley

An English surname, carried by 5,878 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹɒslɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex C624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crossley is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,878 people named Crossley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,526 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,499.

#5,868

rank among US surnames

5,878

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,767)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,859	Teeter	5,892	52,401
#5,860	Decarlo	5,889	52,427
#5,861	Leos	5,888	52,436
#5,863	Sturgis	5,885	52,463
#5,864	Fritts	5,883	52,481
#5,865	Remington	5,881	52,499
#5,867	Cory	5,879	52,517

Who is named Crossley

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

78% of people named Crossley identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crossleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pamela Kyle Crossley
American historian (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crossley

Crossley has the Soundex code C624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C624.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Crossley come from?: From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).
How common is the surname Crossley?: 5,878 people in the United States had the surname Crossley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,526 Americans. It ranked 5,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crossley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Crossley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crossley?: Pamela Kyle Crossley, American historian (born 1955).
Where is the surname Crossley most common?: Wikidata records people named Crossley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Crossley?: Crossley is /ˈkɹɒslɪ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Crossley getting more or less common?: More common. 5,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,878 in 2010, up 6.9%.