# Cruze (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cruze/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,325 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,149 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 233,016 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (1,205 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cruze 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cruze in the United States.

## People named Cruze

- James Cruze, American actor (1884-1942)

## Similar surnames

Cruz, Crouse, Cruse, Cruise, Cruce, Crusoe, Craig, Cross, Church, Carrasco, Crews, Crouch.

## 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.