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Cross

in New Mexico

There are 317 people with the last name "Cross" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Cross 513
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  1. is 509th most common Horton
  2. is 510th most common Reese
  3. is 511th most common Massey
  4. is 512th most common Steele
  5. is 513th most common Cross
  6. is 514th most common Drake
  7. is 515th most common Frazier
  8. is 516th most common Garner
  9. is 517th most common Leyva

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Cross

John, David, James, Michael, Nancy, Cynthia, Don, Mark, Mary, Richard

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 New Mexico

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John Cross, NM (8 searches)
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