van Cruz Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
England

van Cruz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Cruz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Cruz882/
van Kruys7168/
van Crooy7112/
van Kruis711/
van Crooij6710/
van Kruijs672/
von Crouch671/
van Krause671/
Van't Kruis637/
von Kruse596/
von Kraus596/
von Krupp591/
von Krause5645/
von Krauss562/

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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
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