The Croes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 321 people carried this name — #62,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 327 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,075 people named Croes 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 Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 185 people named Croes.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Croes in American newspapers,
1827–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,278 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Croes,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Croes 1762–1832 · Christian minister -
Hendrik Croes 1942– · politician -
Rob Croes 1945– · photographer -
Endy Croes 1968– · politician -
Gerlien Croes 1987– · politician -
John James Robertson Croes 1834–1906 · civil engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Croes.
- Cristol 111 · U.S. census
- Crivelli 386 · U.S. census
- Crivello 1,586 · U.S. census
- Croce 2,678 · U.S. census
- Crochet 2,521 · U.S. census
- Croci 260 · U.S. census
- Croissant 442 · U.S. census
- Croix 118 · U.S. census
- Crom 571 · U.S. census
- Cromer 7,952 · U.S. census
- Cron 2,366 · U.S. census
- Crone 5,555 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Croes is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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