# Cruise (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cruise/  
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 Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,306 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,794 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 93,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (3,058 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kɹuːz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Cruce, Cruse |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cruise 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Cruz, Crouse, Cruse, Criss, Cruce, Crase, Cruze, Crose, Caris, Crusoe, Cyrus, Crisci.

## 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.