La Cruz Surname

43,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,050 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Guyana

La Cruz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Cruz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela6,3611:4,748601
United States3,1371:115,54312,473
Peru9421:33,7413,323
Argentina5131:83,3207,046
Guyana3761:2,027363
Uruguay3191:10,7581,213
Dominican Republic2231:46,7842,447
Spain971:481,98024,575
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Colombia271:1,769,41011,599
Curaçao231:6,837197
Chile201:880,82418,509
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Cuba121:960,2266,464
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
England41:13,929,515290,718
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

La Cruz (820) may also be a first name.

La Cruz Last Name Facts

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

The last name La Cruz is most common in Venezuela. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 43,200th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 604,776 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of La Cruz are found; 71 percent are found in South America and 53 percent are found in Caribbean South America. La Cruz is also the 285,396th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 820 people.

La Cruz is most frequently used in Venezuela, where it is borne by 6,361 people, or 1 in 4,748. In Venezuela it is primarily concentrated in: Trujillo, where 14 percent are found, Zulia, where 11 percent are found and Capital District, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Venezuela this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Peru, where 8 percent are found.

La Cruz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of La Cruz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the La Cruz surname increased 156,850 percent between 1880 and 2014.

La Cruz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount La Cruz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 27.19% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,656 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.22% less than the national average, earning $14,479,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 33.85% less than the national average, earning $28,543 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Cruiz9329/
La Crouz931/
La-Cruz8610/
lo Cruz865/
La Crux862/
La Crus861/
La Crou861/
Le Cruz861/
La Croux801/
La Crous800/
La Cruise7517/
La Crouts752/
La Creuse751/
Le Creu710/
La Cross6761/
La Croes6722/
lo Kreuz672/
Le Cruse670/
La-Cruise632/
Le Cruise631/
Le Croc572/
La-Croes534/
Le Cross532/
Le Kruuse501/

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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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