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    The surname Abarca

    A Spanish surname, carried by 9,363 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A162

    Abarca: #3,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Abarca #3,780, 9,363 people Abarca: #3,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abarca #3,780, 9,363 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abarca is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,363 people named Abarca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,975 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,830.

    #3,780
    rank among US surnames
    9,363
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +60.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,486)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,771Resendez9,39032,880
    #3,772Noland9,38632,894
    #3,773Cousins9,38032,915
    #3,774Mull9,37732,926
    #3,775Hasan9,37432,936
    #3,776Jacoby9,37232,943
    #3,777Edmond9,36932,954

    Who is named Abarca

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Abarca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abarca come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Abarca?
    9,363 people in the United States had the surname Abarca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,975 Americans. It ranked 3,780th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abarca?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Abarca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Abarca getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,363 in 2010, up 61%.