The Cruel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 324 people carried this name — #61,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 312 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Cruel.
Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 73 people named Cruel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cruel in American newspapers,
1907–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 894,682 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cruel.
- Crouchet 143 · U.S. census
- Croy 4,018 · U.S. census
- Croze 109 · U.S. census
- Crozier 4,541 · U.S. census
- Crucet 129 · U.S. census
- Cruciani 248 · U.S. census
- Cruz 334,201 · U.S. census
- Cuadrado 1,558 · U.S. census
- Cuartero 138 · U.S. census
- Cucchi 375 · U.S. census
- Cucchiara 657 · U.S. census
- Cuccia 1,819 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cruel is.
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