Last Name CRESS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Name CRESS is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'КРЕСС'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'KRESS' 'CRESS' 'CKRESS'
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Origin Jewish, Belarusian

Rank 5,668 (2000 US census) 4,909 (1990 US census)
Count 5,616 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.46%, or 5305 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.12%, or 63 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 24 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.26%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.24%, or 126 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Shortest last names

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