How common is the surname Crusoe?

533 people in the United States had the surname Crusoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Crusoe getting more or less common?

More common. 460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 16%.

Is Crusoe also a first name?

Yes. Crusoe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Crusoe

A French place surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crusoe is more common than 74.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.

Crusoe is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 533 people named Crusoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 460.

#40,909

rank among US surnames

533

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+15.9%

change since 2000 (was #44,103)

Who is named Crusoe

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

70% of people named Crusoe identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 70%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crusoe

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Crusoe come from?: Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.
How common is the surname Crusoe?: 533 people in the United States had the surname Crusoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crusoe?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Crusoe identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Crusoe?: Crusoe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Crusoe getting more or less common?: More common. 460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 16%.
Is Crusoe also a first name?: Yes. Crusoe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.