How common is the last name Cross?

75,035 people in the United States have the last name Cross, about 1 in 3,983. It ranks #432 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CROSS

#432

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
75,035
About
1 in 3,983
This common or more
30.4%
Who bears it

Of the 75,035 people with the last name Cross, 72.3% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cross

#430 Barber · 75,161#431 Kaur · 75,046#433 Rosales · 74,769#434 Ramsey · 74,666

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cross, most common first.

#6,154 Cress · 5,338#7,081 Criss · 4,559#20,959 Crass · 1,275#22,200 Crose · 1,191#52,367 Crosse · 428#58,182 Croes · 377

Also a first name

As a first name, Cross ranks #11,789 of 53,615, with 1,073 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 84 births. See Cross as a first name

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