Find out how popular the last name Alvarez Cruz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Alvarez Cruz.

Alvarez Cruz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Alvarez Cruz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alvarez Cruz in America

Alvarez Cruz is the 144141st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alvarez Cruz surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Alvarez Cruz.

The history of the last name Alvarez Cruz

The surname ALVAREZCRUZ is a combination of two Spanish surnames, Alvarez and Cruz. It is believed to have originated in Spain during the Middle Ages.

The first part, Alvarez, is a patronymic name derived from the personal name Álvaro, which is of Germanic origin meaning "elf warrior" or "all-guarding". It was a popular name among the Visigoths who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula during the 5th to 8th centuries.

Cruz, on the other hand, is a descriptive surname that translates to "cross" in English. It was likely given to someone who lived near a prominent cross or landmark, or perhaps someone who worked as a cross-bearer in religious processions.

Some of the earliest recorded instances of the Alvarez surname can be found in medieval Spanish documents from the 11th and 12th centuries. For example, a nobleman named Rodrigo Álvarez was mentioned in a charter from the Kingdom of León in 1097.

One notable figure with the surname ALVAREZCRUZ was Juan Álvarez Cruz, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the 16th century. He was born in Seville around 1490 and died in Mexico City in 1556.

Another historically significant individual was Pedro Álvarez Cruz, a Spanish poet and playwright from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He was born in Osuna, Andalusia, in 1567 and is best known for his works "La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea" and "La Fiesta del Corpus en Sevilla".

In the 18th century, there was a prominent Spanish military officer named Miguel Álvarez Cruz who served in the Spanish Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Granada in 1775 and participated in several major battles against the French forces.

One of the earliest documented instances of the combined surname ALVAREZCRUZ can be found in the records of the Inquisition in Seville from the late 16th century, where a man named Hernando Álvarez Cruz was tried for heresy.

Finally, in the 19th century, there was a notable Mexican historian and writer named José María Álvarez Cruz, who was born in Puebla in 1821 and authored several works on the history and culture of Mexico.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alvarez Cruz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Alvarez Cruz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Alvarez Cruz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Alvarez Cruz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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