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    The surname Cruise

    A Norman surname, carried by 3,306 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /kɹuːz/ 1 syllable Soundex C620

    Cruise: #9,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cruise #9,794, 3,306 people Cruise: #9,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cruise #9,794, 3,306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cruise is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    A surname from Anglo-Norman.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,306 people named Cruise in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,058.

    #9,794
    rank among US surnames
    3,306
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,786Loughlin3,30993,305
    #9,788Chico3,30893,333
    #9,790Colangelo3,30793,361
    #9,794Arechiga3,30693,389
    #9,798Trantham3,30493,446
    #9,800Casias3,30393,474
    #9,803Goto3,30293,503

    Who is named Cruise

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

    82% of people named Cruise identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Cruise

    Cruise has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cruise come from?
    Cruise is Norman in origin.
    How common is the surname Cruise?
    3,306 people in the United States had the surname Cruise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. It ranked 9,794th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cruise?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cruise identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Cruise?
    Cruise is /kɹuːz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Cruise getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,306 in 2010, up 8.1%.
    What are other spellings of Cruise?
    Cruce and Cruse.