van Cruz Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
van Cruz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
van Cruz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Cruz Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Cruz occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Cruz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname van Cruz occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of van Cruz live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name van Cruz is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil van Cruz is mostly found in: Maranhão, where 50 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 50 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Cruz | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Kruys | 71 | 68 | / |
| van Crooy | 71 | 12 | / |
| van Kruis | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Crooij | 67 | 10 | / |
| van Kruijs | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Crouch | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Krause | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van't Kruis | 63 | 7 | / |
| von Kruse | 59 | 6 | / |
| von Kraus | 59 | 6 | / |
| von Krupp | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Krause | 56 | 45 | / |
| von Krauss | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 van Cruz
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis