How common is the surname Alegre?

2,022 people in the United States had the surname Alegre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,693 Americans. It ranked 14,704th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Alegre getting more or less common?

More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,022 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Alegre

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,022 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alegre is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Alegre (compare alegre).

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 2,022 people named Alegre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,693 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,431.

#14,704

rank among US surnames

2,022

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+41.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,984)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,695	Cissell	2,023	152,618
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693
#14,706	Westby	2,021	152,769
#14,712	Selig	2,020	152,844
#14,713	Aispuro	2,019	152,920

Who is named Alegre

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

50% of people named Alegre identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 32% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 15% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
Asian and Pacific Islander 32%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alegre

Alegre has the Soundex code A426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A426.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alegre come from?: From Spanish Alegre (compare alegre).
How common is the surname Alegre?: 2,022 people in the United States had the surname Alegre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,693 Americans. It ranked 14,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alegre?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Alegre identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 32% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Alegre getting more or less common?: More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,022 in 2010, up 41%.