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    The surname Adames

    A surname, carried by 4,604 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A352

    Adames: #7,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Adames #7,245, 4,604 people Adames: #7,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Adames #7,245, 4,604 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adames is more common than 95.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,604 people named Adames in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,060 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,288.

    #7,245
    rank among US surnames
    4,604
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40%
    change since 2000 (was #9,125)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,238Schlueter4,60867,002
    #7,240Goodell4,60767,017
    #7,243Keough4,60567,046
    #7,245Adames4,60467,060
    #7,246Beltz4,60367,075

    Who is named Adames

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

    90% of people named Adames identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Adames

    Adames has the Soundex code A352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Adames?
    4,604 people in the United States had the surname Adames in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,060 Americans. It ranked 7,245th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Adames?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Adames identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Adames getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,604 in 2010, up 40%.