as a Last Name
- 234,422
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Cruz
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: from a common and widespread religious Christian personal name from cruz ‘cross’ (Latin crux), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named Cruz or La Cruz, from this word.
| 95th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 234,422
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Cruz per capita
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