Cruise Surname
Approximately 10,062 people bear this surname
Cruise Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. ' the cruse, 'i.e. the merry; compare Merry, Jolly, Joyce, Merryweather, &c. 'Crous, merry, brisk, lively; cruse or crous, saucy, malapert': Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033.
'Axeyn hem was he kene and crous.
Read More About This SurnameCruise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,702 | 1:77,086 | 8,824 |
| England | 1,039 | 1:53,627 | 6,542 |
| Canada | 624 | 1:59,047 | 6,964 |
| Australia | 550 | 1:49,083 | 6,116 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Ireland | 506 | 1:9,306 | 1,261 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Israel | 328 | 1:26,090 | 3,816 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| India | 138 | 1:5,558,445 | 134,139 |
| Northern Ireland | 71 | 1:25,986 | 2,864 |
| Jamaica | 59 | 1:48,643 | 2,881 |
| China | 50 | 1:27,346,431 | 1,485 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Vietnam | 16 | 1:5,790,378 | 2,464 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 393 | 1:11,272 | 1,563 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 277 | 1:87,998 | 9,205 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 652 | 1:77,023 | 8,188 |
The alternate forms: Cruisé (1) are calculated separately.
Cruise (211) may also be a first name.
Cruise Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. ' the cruse, 'i.e. the merry; compare Merry, Jolly, Joyce, Merryweather, &c. 'Crous, merry, brisk, lively; cruse or crous, saucy, malapert': Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033.
'Axeyn hem was he kene and crous.': Cursor Mundi. (Halliwell).
Nicholas le Cruse, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry Cruse, Bedfordshire, ibid.
(a) Local. A Cornish surname. All the forms are found in the same register.
1637. Baptised — Edward, son of William Cruse: St. Columb Major, Cornwall.
1652. — Arthur, son of William Crews: ibid.
1656. — Elizabeth, d. of William Crewse: ibid.
1668. — William, son of Edward Crewes: ibid.
= Cruse, q v.
An old Hiberno-Norman family. IF 311*; Map Dub
According to D'Alton, the Irish family of this surname sprang from a Norman, who, at the Conquest, settled in Cornwall. At the invasion of Ireland under Henry II., a branch accompanied Strongbow, and obtained grants of various estates in the counties of Dublin and Meath.
Cruse or Cruwys (sometimes modernised as Crews) was the name of a very ancient and distinguished Devonshire family of Netherex, now scantily surviving in the county, as at Ashburton (W. A.). The name is associated with those of Crocker and Coplestone in the old saw before mentioned.
Cruise Demographics
Cruise Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Cruise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cruise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cruise is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Cruisé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cruise? popularity and diffusion
It is the 50,966th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 724,264 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Cruise reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cruise is also the 622,565th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 211 people.
The surname Cruise is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 4,702 people, or 1 in 77,086. In The United States Cruise is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, Virginia, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 93 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
Cruise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cruise has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cruise last name grew 721 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 129 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 163 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cruise Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (84%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cruise last name are 9.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.75% registered with the party.
The amount Cruise earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.17% more than the national average, earning R 359,232 per year; in United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.88% more than the national average, earning $52,606 CAD per year.
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Cruise Reference & Research
Cruse & Variants DNA Project - The homepage of a project using DNA testing to shed light on those with Cruse and variant surnames.
Cruwys News - A blog giving updates on this name's one name study, supplemented by articles on genetics in genealogy.
Cruwys One Name Study - The name's homepage at the Guild of One-Name Studies. Includes lengthy details on the name's origin.
Crose FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Crose FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Cruise of Ireland FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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