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

Cruz-Rodríguez, 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 Cruz-Rodríguez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cruz-Rodríguez in America

Cruz-Rodríguez is the 45653rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cruz-Rodríguez surname appeared 468 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 Cruz-Rodríguez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cruz-Rodríguez to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cruz-Rodríguez

The surname CRUZRODRIGUEZ is a double-barreled Spanish surname that originated in Spain. The first part, Cruz, is derived from the Spanish word for "cross", likely referencing the Christian cross. Rodriguez is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Rodrigo", with Rodrigo being a Germanic name meaning "famous power".

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Cruz can be found in medieval Spanish records dating back to the 13th century. One notable example is Pedro de la Cruz, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493.

The Rodriguez portion of the surname has even older roots, with the name Rodrigo appearing in the 9th century Codex Calixtinus, a medieval manuscript detailing the life of St. James the Great. The name gained prominence during the Reconquista, the period of Christian conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the combined surname CRUZRODRIGUEZ was Juan de la Cruz Rodriguez, a Spanish soldier who fought in the Conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century.

Other notable individuals with the surname CRUZRODRIGUEZ include:

1. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Rodriguez (1651-1695), a Mexican nun who was a renowned poet, philosopher, and scholar during the Spanish Golden Age.

2. José de la Cruz Rodriguez (1768-1838), a Venezuelan military leader and one of the principal architects of Venezuelan independence from Spain.

3. Pedro Cruz Rodriguez (1923-2015), a Cuban painter and prominent figure in the Concrete Art movement.

4. Gustavo Cruz Rodriguez (born 1966), a Mexican professional golfer who has won several events on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica.

5. María Cruz Rodriguez (born 1991), a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who has won multiple gold medals at the Paralympic Games.

The surname CRUZRODRIGUEZ can also be found in various Spanish-speaking regions, particularly in Latin America, where it was carried by Spanish settlers and their descendants during the colonial era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cruz-Rodríguez

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

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 Cruz-Rodríguez 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cruz-Rodríguez has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Cruz-Rodríguez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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