The Croce surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,735 people carried this name — #10,714 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 544 people named Croce.
172 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
241 people named Croce live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Croce live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Croce.
- Cristini 160 · U.S. census
- Cristobal 2,258 · U.S. census
- Cristofaro 264 · U.S. census
- Cristol 111 · U.S. census
- Crivelli 398 · U.S. census
- Crivello 1,423 · U.S. census
- Crochet 2,438 · U.S. census
- Croci 260 · U.S. census
- Croes 327 · U.S. census
- Croissant 434 · U.S. census
- Croix 115 · U.S. census
- Crom 593 · U.S. census
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