The surname Alas
A surname, carried by 4,358 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A420
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,358 people named Alas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,846 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,693.
#7,619
rank among US surnames
4,358
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
+61.8%
change since 2000 (was #10,863)
Who is named Alas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Alas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Alas has the Soundex code A420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A420.
Questions
- How common is the surname Alas?
- 4,358 people in the United States had the surname Alas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,846 Americans. It ranked 7,619th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Alas?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Alas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Alas getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,358 in 2010, up 62%.