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    The surname Alaniz

    A surname, carried by 16,596 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A452

    Alaniz: #2,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Alaniz #2,189, 16,596 people Alaniz: #2,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alaniz #2,189, 16,596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alaniz is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,596 people named Alaniz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,604 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,169.

    #2,189
    rank among US surnames
    16,596
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,341)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,180Ulrich16,66818,523
    #2,181Chau16,66718,524
    #2,182German16,66118,531
    #2,183Schulte16,65818,534
    #2,184Conroy16,65118,542
    #2,185Hooker16,64618,548
    #2,186Thayer16,62518,571

    Who is named Alaniz

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

    92% of people named Alaniz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alaniz

    Alaniz 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 Alaniz?
    16,596 people in the United States had the surname Alaniz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,604 Americans. It ranked 2,189th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alaniz?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Alaniz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alaniz getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,596 in 2010, up 17%.