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
The last name van Cruz is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Cruz? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Cruz is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It 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.
van Cruz is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil van Cruz is most prevalent in: Maranhão, where 50 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live.
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