Cruce is a
surname which today is mainly found in
America,
Australia,
Canada
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,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
and
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. It is a variant form of
Cruwys ruysCruice]
ruisedeCruis]; there are many others.
Notable people with this surname
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saac Newton Cruce1735-1772, Belfast,Ireland-Charleston,South Carolina
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ichard A. Cruce936-2018 Entrepreneur,Kentucky
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ee Cruce2nd Governor Oklahoma 1904-1908
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om Cruise1960- American Actor
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Jill Cruwys
Jill Elizabeth Cruwys (5 December 1943 – 30 December 1990) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a batter. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 7 One Day Internationals for England between 1969 and 1976. Cruwys was a member of the s ...
(1943–1990), England cricketer
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Margaret Cruwys (1894–1968), Devon historian
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Robert Cruwys (1884–1951), cricketer
*Augustino de Cruce 1169 Norman Knight witnessed deed for Strongbow (Richard de Clare) Conquered Ireland
Fictional characters
* Cruwys Morchard, the alias of Clytie Potts in the 2006 novel ''
A Darkling Plain''
See also
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Cruwys (disambiguation), other meanings including places with this word in the name
References
External links
The Cruwys One-Name StudyThe Cruwys/Cruse/Crewes DNA project
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Surnames of Norman origin
