Last Name CROSS

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Meaning	Local: At the cross, one who dwelt by or near the roadside or market-cross. The family bear a cross crosslet in their arms, whence probably the name. Local: A place where a cross was erected, or where two ways, roads, or streets intersected each other.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, French, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	382 (2000 US census)	349 (1990 US census)

Count	75,134 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.68%, or 58364 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.63%, or 13246 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 308 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.9%, or 676 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.73%, or 1300 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.66%, or 1247 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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