La-Cruz Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

La-Cruz Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: La & Cruz.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La-Cruz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

La-Cruz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name La-Cruz Come From? nationality or country of origin

La-Cruz is most common in Venezuela. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name La-Cruz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name La-Cruz is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of La-Cruz reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 40 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,551,019. In Venezuela La-Cruz is mostly found in: Trujillo, where 50 percent are found, Capital District, where 25 percent are found and Mérida, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Venezuela this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Cruz8612,050/
La Cruiz8029/
La Crouz801/
La-Cruise752/
lo Cruz715/
La Crux712/
La Crus711/
La Crou711/
Le Cruz711/
La-Croes674/
La Croux671/
La Crous670/
La Cruise6317/
La Crouts632/
La Creuse631/
Le Creu570/
La Cross5361/
La Croes5322/
lo Kreuz532/
Le Cruse530/
Le Cruise501/

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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
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  • 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 La-Cruz
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