The surname Aldama
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,845 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A435
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Aldama, itself of Basque origin.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,845 people named Aldama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,342 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.
Who is named Aldama
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Aldama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Aldamas
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Andrés AldamaBoxer, born 1956
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Aldama
Aldama has the Soundex code A435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A435.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Aldama come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Aldama, itself of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Aldama?
- 1,845 people in the United States had the surname Aldama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,342 Americans. It ranked 15,788th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Aldama?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Aldama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Aldama?
- Andrés Aldama, boxer.
- Where is the surname Aldama most common?
- Wikidata records people named Aldama in Cuba.
- Is the surname Aldama getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,845 in 2010, up 48%.