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    The surnameCruz

    A surname, the 57th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /kɹuːz/ 1 syllable Soundex C620

    Cruz: #57 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cruz #57, 334,201 people Cruz: #57 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Cruz #57, 334,201 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cruz is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 334,201 people named Cruz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 924 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 231,065.

    #57
    rank among US surnames
    334,201
    people in 2010
    113
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.6%
    change since 2000 (was #82)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #48Mitchell384,486803
    #49Carter376,966819
    #50Roberts376,774819
    #51Gomez365,655844
    #52Phillips360,802856
    #53Evans355,593868
    #54Turner348,627886

    Who is named Cruz

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Cruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cruzs

    38 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ted Cruz
      American politician (born 1970)
    • Milton Cruz
      Brazilian association football player, born 1957
    • Joaquim Cruz
      Brazilian middle-distance runner (track and field), coach, born 1963
    • André Cruz
      Brazilian footballer, born 1968
    • Wilson Cruz
      American actor, born 1973
    • Magno Cruz
      Brazilian association football player, born 1988
    • Oswaldo Cruz
      Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (1872-1917)
    • Dominick Cruz
      American mixed martial artist (born 1985)
    • Osvaldo Héctor Cruz
      Argentine association football player (1931–2023)
    • Alexis Cruz
      American actor, born 1974
    • Jackie Cruz
      American actress, musician and former model, born 1986
    • Annie Cruz
      American pornographic actress, born 1984

    Notable Cruzs come mostly from the United States (23), Brazil (9) and Argentina (3).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Crus

    Surnames that sound like Cruz

    Cruz has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cruz come from?
    From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).
    How common is the surname Cruz?
    334,201 people in the United States had the surname Cruz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 924 Americans. It ranked 57th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cruz?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Cruz?
    Ted Cruz, American politician (born 1970), followed by Milton Cruz.