How common is the surname Santacruz?

8,264 people in the United States had the surname Santacruz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,360 Americans. It ranked 4,300th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Santacruz?

Eugenio Espejo, 18th century Spanish physician.

Where is the surname Santacruz most common?

Wikidata records people named Santacruz in Spanish Empire.

Is the surname Santacruz getting more or less common?

More common. 6,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,264 in 2010, up 34%.

The surname Santacruz

A surname, carried by 8,264 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santacruz is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,264 people named Santacruz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,360 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,188.

#4,300

rank among US surnames

8,264

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+33.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,291	Nickel	8,292	37,234
#4,292	Pinkston	8,291	37,239
#4,293	Bianchi	8,284	37,270
#4,295	Samaniego	8,281	37,284
#4,297	Rousseau	8,270	37,333
#4,298	Landa	8,267	37,347
#4,299	Bracken	8,265	37,356

Who is named Santacruz

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

90% of people named Santacruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Santacruzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eugenio Espejo
18th century Spanish physician, 1747–1795

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Santacruz

Santacruz has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

Questions

How common is the surname Santacruz?: 8,264 people in the United States had the surname Santacruz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,360 Americans. It ranked 4,300th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Santacruz?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Santacruz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Santacruz?: Eugenio Espejo, 18th century Spanish physician.
Where is the surname Santacruz most common?: Wikidata records people named Santacruz in Spanish Empire.
Is the surname Santacruz getting more or less common?: More common. 6,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,264 in 2010, up 34%.