How common is the surname Croy?

4,018 people in the United States had the surname Croy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. It ranked 8,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Croy?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Croy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Croy?

Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Austrian marshal (1651-1702), followed by Princess Isabella of Croÿ.

Where is the surname Croy most common?

Wikidata records people named Croy in France, the Kingdom of Prussia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Croy getting more or less common?

More common. 3,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,018 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Croy

A surname, carried by 4,018 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croy is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,018 people named Croy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,974.

#8,246

rank among US surnames

4,018

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,717)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,241	Parkin	4,022	76,764
#8,242	Corrado	4,021	76,783
#8,244	Blatt	4,020	76,802
#8,246	Chauvin	4,018	76,841
#8,248	Durkee	4,017	76,860

Who is named Croy

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

93% of people named Croy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Croys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Eugène de Croÿ
Austrian marshal (1651-1702)
Princess Isabella of Croÿ
Archduchess of Austria, 1856–1931
Jonathan Coy
British actor, born 1953

Notable Croys come mostly from France (1), the Kingdom of Prussia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Croy

Croy has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Questions

How common is the surname Croy?: 4,018 people in the United States had the surname Croy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. It ranked 8,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Croy?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Croy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Croy?: Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Austrian marshal (1651-1702), followed by Princess Isabella of Croÿ.
Where is the surname Croy most common?: Wikidata records people named Croy in France, the Kingdom of Prussia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Croy getting more or less common?: More common. 3,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,018 in 2010, up 1.1%.