# Delacruz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/delacruz/  
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 Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 72,109 |
| US rank (2010) | 458 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,282 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (49,158 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish de la Cruz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Delacruz 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) | 3.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 77% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Delacruz in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Delacruz

- Melissa de la Cruz, American writer
- Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Argentinian-Spanish basketball player
- Monica De La Cruz, American politician and businesswoman (born 1974)
- Claudia de la Cruz, American community organizer and activist

## Similar surnames

Delagarza, Delacerda, Delcarmen, Delosreyes, Dahlgren, Delozier, Delgrosso, Delosrios.

## 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.