# Dacruz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dacruz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,304 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,382 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 236,768 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (984 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese da Cruz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dacruz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dacruz in Brazil.

## People named Dacruz

- Igor Jesus, Brazilian footballer
- Auro Jr., Brazilian footballer
- Jorge Aragão, Brazilian musician

## Similar surnames

Dickerson, Desrosiers, Desrochers, Degeorge, Desroches, Digiorgio, Dosreis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.