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    The surname Cruce

    A surname, carried by 1,920 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C620

    Cruce: #15,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cruce #15,289, 1,920 people Cruce: #15,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cruce #15,289, 1,920 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cruce is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,920 people named Cruce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,805 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

    #15,289
    rank among US surnames
    1,920
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,284Fallis1,921160,721
    #15,289Jenkinson1,920160,805
    #15,296Brasfield1,919160,889

    Who is named Cruce

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

    91% of people named Cruce identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cruces

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lee Cruce
      2nd governor of Oklahoma (1863-1933)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cruce

    Cruce 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 Cruce?
    1,920 people in the United States had the surname Cruce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,805 Americans. It ranked 15,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cruce?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cruce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cruce?
    Lee Cruce, 2nd governor of Oklahoma (1863-1933).
    Where is the surname Cruce most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cruce in the United States.
    Is the surname Cruce getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,920 in 2010, up 1.4%.