Crusoe

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from French, famously held by

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɹusoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Crusoe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 624K(measured from records)
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 175K
  • SESweden≈1 in 198K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

533 people, 2010

Sources
164 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from French, famously held by

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Crusoe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Crusoe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5331 in 624K552Crusoe164
CM Cameroon≈160 est.≈1 in 175K—Crusoe1
BR Brazil1351 in 1.6M135——
FR France≈91 est.≈1 in 743K13—1
SE Sweden≈51 est.≈1 in 198K—Crusoe12
AU Australia≈29 est.≈1 in 868K1Crusoe11

533 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Crusoe is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Crusóe, Crusoé

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Crusoé

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Crusoe,
InformalHi Crusoe,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Crusoe
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020552#42,328
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010533#40,909
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000460#44,103
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—135#50,347
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192111—

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Crusoe mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from French, famously held by Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Crusoe?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹusoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Crusoe have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 533 people named Crusoe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crusoe.
How common is the name Crusoe?
In the United States, the national register counted 533 people named Crusoe in 2010, about 1 in 624 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crusoe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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