Cree is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cree
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotland, France
Meaning:

Cree is variation of Cresset. A fire-cage borne on a lofty pole by way of beacon or guiding light. The soldier or watchman who carried such a light might in the XIII. or XIV. centuty naturally acquire the surname.

Family name Cree is a variant form of Cray. A mutilation of Macray.

Probably from McCrie or Macrae.

How popular is Cree?

Cree is common in United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Northern Ireland, New Zealand.

Cree is ranked 92388 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cree bearers increased by 0.12 per cent in 2010 US census to 1670 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1030 spots and ranked at 17014. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.92 81.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 12.87 12.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.99 1.44
Black 2.4 1.5
Others 2.28 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.54
Cree is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 5172 people have been found who wears Cree as their family name. Cree is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Cree:
16,462 United States2,241
6,277 England1,099
Countries with hundreds of Cree:
1,193 Scotland663
10,844 Canada369
9,179 Australia343
1,515 Northern Ireland197
6,115 New Zealand127
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,013 Ireland24
10,403 Wales21
219,029 France19
137,638 South Africa12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
63,315 Switzerland8

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Cree was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 7, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Annie from Belfast. 28 years old Reber-T. Cree, Ellen Cree, aged 20, are others that migrated to US.

Cree Namesakes

  • Birdie Cree, Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Gordon Cree, Scottish singer, actor, musician and entertainer
  • Leslie Cree, Unionist politician from Northern Ireland

Cree Namesakes

  • Birdie Cree, Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Gordon Cree, Scottish singer, actor, musician and entertainer
  • Leslie Cree, Unionist politician from Northern Ireland

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