Crúz Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Panama

Crúz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crúz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Panama81:489,0328,962
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cruz (3,580,273) & Crüz (4) are calculated separately.

Crúz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Crúz Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Crúz is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Cruz or Crüz. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Crúz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Crúz is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Crúz occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Crúz are found; 50 percent are found in Central America and 50 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

The last name Crúz is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 11,284,200. In Mexico Crúz is mostly found in: México, where 18 percent live, Mexico City, where 18 percent live and Aguascalientes, where 9 percent live. Outside of Mexico Crúz occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 24 percent live and Guatemala, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cruz923,580,273/
Crüz924/
Croz75264/
Crús752/
Crúzová731/
Dcruz674,496/
Cruiz671,302/
Crusz67549/
Crauz67209/
Creuz67162/
Tcruz6781/
Dcroz6750/
Crouz6725/
Cruzh6720/
Crooz6717/
Cruzz6711/
Crosz678/
Krúzs677/
Chruz675/
Crujz675/
Crruz674/
Cruzx674/
Hcruz674/
Cruuz674/
Cruzt674/
Ccruz673/
Croez672/
Crozz672/
Crzuz672/
Cruzc672/
Cruzç671/
Cruzċ671/
Cru'z671/
Crucz671/
C'Ruz671/
Cruyz671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Crúz
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