The surname Aldana
A Spanish surname, carried by 10,362 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A435
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish, 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 10,362 people named Aldana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,796 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,128.
Who is named Aldana
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Aldana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Aldana has the Soundex code A435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A435.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Aldana come from?
- From Spanish, of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Aldana?
- 10,362 people in the United States had the surname Aldana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,796 Americans. It ranked 3,448th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Aldana?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Aldana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Aldana getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,362 in 2010, up 45%.