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Cross

in California

There are 4,398 people with the last name "Cross" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Cross 577
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  1. is 573rd most common Newton
  2. is 574th most common Lemus
  3. is 575th most common Gross
  4. is 576th most common Ball
  5. is 577th most common Cross
  6. is 578th most common Correa
  7. is 579th most common Gallagher
  8. is 580th most common Webster
  9. is 581st most common Nielsen

Similar Names and Nicknames

Cruz, Crosby, Crossley, Crossman, Cruse, Crossland, Crosson, Cress, Criss, Crosier

Most Common First Names for Cross

Robert, John, Michael, David, James, William, Richard, Brian, Mary

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Old Norse kross (via Gaelic from Latin crux, genitive crucis), which in Middle English quickly and comprehensively displaced the Old English form crūc (see Crouch). In a few cases the surname may have been given originally to someone who lived by a crossroads, but this sense of the word seems to have been a comparatively late development. In other cases, the surname (and its European cognates) may have denoted someone who carried the cross in processions of the Christian Church, but in English at least the usual word for this sense was Crozier.

Irish: reduced form of McCrossen.

In North America this name has absorbed examples of cognate names from other languages, such as French Lacroix.

Recent Searches for "Cross" in California

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Robert Cross, CA (9 searches)
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