The surname Alegria
A Spanish surname, carried by 6,200 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex A426
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Alegría.
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 6,200 people named Alegria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,798 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,406.
Who is named Alegria
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Alegria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Alegria has the Soundex code A426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A426.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Alegria come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Alegría.
- How common is the surname Alegria?
- 6,200 people in the United States had the surname Alegria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,798 Americans. It ranked 5,609th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Alegria?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Alegria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Alegria getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,200 in 2010, up 41%.