Last Name CROUCH

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Meaning	Local: At the cross, i.e. the roadside or market-cross, once so familiar a sight at the intersection of the great country thoroughfares, or in the chartered market-steads. 'Crouch' still lingers in our 'crutched' or 'crouched friars.' A cross; from the Latin 'crux.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	1,342 (2000 US census)	1,209 (1990 US census)

Count	24,146 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.44%, or 22079 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.1%, or 1231 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 111 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 123 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 263 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.39%, or 336 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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