Cruise is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cruise
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Usually corresponds with English wines, cruse, nickname given to a bold fighter, fierce. In some cases it may be a place name (Richard Flood, 1214) suggesting perhaps a French locality.

How popular is Cruise?

Cruise is common in England.

Cruise is ranked 27157 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cruise bearers increased by 8.109876 per cent in 2010 US census to 3306 since 2000, the surname slipped by 40 spots and ranked at 9794. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.76 83.16
Black 8.05 8.5
Hispanic or Latino 6.99 5.72
Others 1.51 1.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.03 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.46
Cruise is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 18694 people have been found who wears Cruise as their family name. Cruise is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
8,411 Costa Rica4
4,997 Bangladesh4
14,078 Japan3
9,500 Ghana3
19,865 Iran3
6,270 Hong Kong3
34,572 Israel2
3,014 Taiwan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
50,640 Switzerland2
4,104 South Korea2
31,767 Greece2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
28,083 Romania2
20,186 Kenya2
11,224 Cameroon2
21,929 Algeria2
12,161 Wales2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,256 Myanmar2
174,544 Czech Republic1
8,371 Syria1
50,549 Georgia1
120,357 Argentina1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,613 The Bahamas1
14,644 Tunisia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,268 Mauritius1
14,373 Jordan1
801 Cape Verde1
25,746 Finland1
9,498 Iceland1
5,467 Haiti1
2,578 Guam1
3,350 Fiji1
16,228 Bulgaria1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,270 Lebanon1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
8,181 Botswana1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,211 Brunei1
11,510 Oman1
3,275 Nepal1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,309 Monaco1
12,745 Luxembourg1
19,810 Croatia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,077 China45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
26,164 Sweden36
9,620 Singapore30
3,873 Thailand24
277,692 Indonesia21
69,202 Netherlands18
81,586 Spain17
26,722 New Zealand14
12,810 Nigeria11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,039 Colombia70
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Cruise:
6,626 Egypt919
7,056 Mexico759
6,641 Pakistan754
6,600 Canada643
1,025 Ireland606
5,643 Australia524
4,639 Sri Lanka456
12,659 Morocco403
19,321 South Africa310
20,596 Poland286
38,477 Germany269
42,934 France233
111,052 India183
10,151 Malaysia177
27,627 Turkey175
56,243 Brazil175
1,793 Jamaica143
4,429 Scotland131
56,111 Italy123
Countries with thousands of Cruise:
8,820 United States4,212
793 Vietnam3,180
5,903 Philippines2,384
5,986 England1,183
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old workman John Cruise who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 1, 1846 by Garrick put out from Liverpool. Ellen Cruise (20) Maid, John Cruise (30) Porter, Mary-Anne Cruise, aged 25, 4 years old John Cruise, Gerald Cruise, aged 2, Margaret Cruise, aged 18, Maid Honora Cruise, Jeane Cruise, aged 9, and 25 other Cruise around 47.37% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Cruise Namesakes

  • Carter Cruise, Pornographic actress
  • Carter Cruise, Pornographic actress
  • Connor Cruise, Actor
  • Asia Cruise, Singer
  • Carter Cruise, Pornographic actress
  • Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish Politician
  • Julee Cruise, Singer
  • Tom Cruise, Actor
  • Carter Cruise, Pornographic actress
  • Julee Cruise, Singer

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