Croce History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Croce surname comes from the Italian word "croce" from the Latin "crux," meaning "cross."

Early Origins of the Croce family

The surname Croce was first found in Vicenza, anciently known as Vicetia, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Vicenza. It was conquered by the Venetians in 1405. It has many beautiful palaces and churches, galleries and museums. The cathedral is Gothic. The original church SS.Felice e Fortunato was built in 975 but has been much altered. It is notable for its development painters, architects, sculptors and scholars. Natives were Trissino, Palladio, Pigafetta, Fogazzaro, Mantegna, Montagna, Speranza, Scamozzi and Buoncosiglio. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Croce family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Croce research. Another 192 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1546, 1550, 1558, 1559, 1603, 1609, 1628, 1652, 1676 and 1688 are included under the topic Early Croce History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Croce Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Croce, Croci, Della Croce, Crose, Crocetti, Crucitti, Crosetti, Crosetto, Crosio, Crosara, Crociato and many more.

Early Notables of the Croce family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

the Cruce family of Venetia. Giulio Cesare Croce (1550-1609) was an Italian writer, actor and producer of plays
Giovanni Croce (c.1558-1609), Italian composer and priest, Choirmaster of St Mark's, Venice, from 1603 to 1609 when he died
Giovanni Croce (1559-1609) was a singer, choir director, priest, and composer of Venice
Baldassare Croce (1558-1628) was an Italian painter, of the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in and around Rome

Croce Ranking

In the United States, the name Croce is the 14,662^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Croce migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Croce Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gartano Croce, who settled in Baltimore in 1832
Gaetano Croce, who landed in New York, NY in 1836 2
Ludwig Croce, who settled in New York in 1855

Croce Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Angelo Antonio Croce, who arrived in Kansas in 1938

Contemporary Notables of the name Croce (post 1700) +

Mary Keating Croce DiSabato (1928-2016), American Democratic Party politician, Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1974-1980)
Arlene Croce (b. 1934), American critic and writer on dance, founder of Ballet Review in 1965
Jim Croce (1943-1973), American singer songwriter
Benedetto Croce (1866-1952), Italian philosopher, critic, and educator

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)