How Many People Have the Last Name Cruz?
people had the surname Cruz in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 883 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Hispanic or Latino
Change Since 2000
+103,136 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cruz (87.9%) are Hispanic or Latino. The next largest group, 5.2%, are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are Hispanic or Latino, Cruz ranks #15. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
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📈 Change Since 2000
Cruz grew from 231,065 people in 2000 to 334,201 in 2010 (up 44.6%), and its rank rose from #82 to #57.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 231,065 | 334,201 |
| Rank | #82 | #57 |
| Per 100,000 people | 85.66 | 113.3 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cruz
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cruz: C620
👤 Cruz as a First Name
Cruz is a first name too: about 30,386 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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