How common is the surname Delacruz?

72,109 people in the United States had the surname Delacruz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,282 Americans. It ranked 458th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Delacruz?

Melissa de la Cruz, American writer, followed by Juan Domingo de la Cruz.

Where is the surname Delacruz most common?

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

Is the surname Delacruz getting more or less common?

More common. 49,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 72,109 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Delacruz

A Spanish surname, carried by 72,109 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delacruz is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish de la Cruz.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 72,109 people named Delacruz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,282 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,158.

#458

rank among US surnames

72,109

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+46.7%

change since 2000 (was #629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#449	Adkins	73,599	4,195
#450	Brady	73,145	4,221
#451	Goodman	73,136	4,222
#452	Roman	72,918	4,234
#453	Webster	72,625	4,251
#454	Goodwin	72,451	4,261
#455	Fischer	72,357	4,267

Who is named Delacruz

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

77% of people named Delacruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Delacruzs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melissa de la Cruz
American writer, born 1971
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
Argentinian-Spanish basketball player, born 1954
Monica De La Cruz
American politician and businesswoman (born 1974)
Claudia de la Cruz
American community organizer and activist, born 1980

Notable Delacruzs come mostly from the United States (3) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Delacruz

Delacruz has the Soundex code D426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D426.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Delacruz come from?: Borrowed from Spanish de la Cruz.
How common is the surname Delacruz?: 72,109 people in the United States had the surname Delacruz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,282 Americans. It ranked 458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delacruz?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Delacruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Delacruz?: Melissa de la Cruz, American writer, followed by Juan Domingo de la Cruz.
Where is the surname Delacruz most common?: Wikidata records people named Delacruz in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Delacruz getting more or less common?: More common. 49,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 72,109 in 2010, up 47%.