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The surname Alameda

A surname, carried by 1,809 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A453

Alameda: #16,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alameda #16,031, 1,809 people Alameda: #16,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alameda #16,031, 1,809 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alameda is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,809 people named Alameda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,446.

#16,031
rank among US surnames
1,809
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+25.1%
change since 2000 (was #17,846)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,022Grayer1,811170,483
#16,025Coryell1,810170,578
#16,031Buda1,809170,672

Who is named Alameda

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

63% of people named Alameda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63%
  • White (not Hispanic) 29%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alameda

Alameda has the Soundex code A453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A453.

Questions

How common is the surname Alameda?
1,809 people in the United States had the surname Alameda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alameda?
In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Alameda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Alameda getting more or less common?
More common. 1,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, up 25%.