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    The surname Alanis

    A surname, carried by 11,029 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A452

    Alanis: #3,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Alanis #3,274, 11,029 people Alanis: #3,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alanis #3,274, 11,029 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alanis is more common than 98% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,029 people named Alanis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,994 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,567.

    #3,274
    rank among US surnames
    11,029
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,345)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,265Strand11,05127,938
    #3,267Grooms11,04527,953
    #3,268Barba11,04327,958
    #3,270Freitas11,04127,964
    #3,271Byrnes11,03927,969
    #3,272Ness11,03727,974
    #3,273Estevez11,03227,986

    Who is named Alanis

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

    95% of people named Alanis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alanis

    Alanis has the Soundex code A452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alanis?
    11,029 people in the United States had the surname Alanis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,994 Americans. It ranked 3,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alanis?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Alanis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alanis getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,029 in 2010, up 46%.