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 surname La Cruz is found in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 43,200th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 604,776 people. The surname La Cruz is mostly found 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. It is also the 285,396th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 820 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Venezuela, where it is carried by 6,361 people, or 1 in 4,748. In Venezuela it is most frequent in: Trujillo, where 14 percent are found, Zulia, where 11 percent are found and Capital District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Venezuela this surname occurs 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 frequency of La Cruz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 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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  • 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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