How common is the surname Alejandro?

7,770 people in the United States had the surname Alejandro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,736 Americans. It ranked 4,563rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alejandro?

Kevin Alejandro, American actor and film director.

Where is the surname Alejandro most common?

Wikidata records people named Alejandro in the United States.

How do you pronounce Alejandro?

Alejandro is /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Alejandro getting more or less common?

More common. 5,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,770 in 2010, up 33%.

Is Alejandro also a first name?

Yes. Alejandro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Alejandro

A Spanish nickname surname, carried by 7,770 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/ 4 syllables Soundex A425 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alejandro is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.

Alejandro is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

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 7,770 people named Alejandro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,736 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,847.

#4,563

rank among US surnames

7,770

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+32.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,468)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,554	Kremer	7,784	39,664
#4,555	Basile	7,783	39,669
#4,556	Yeung	7,782	39,674
#4,557	Lilley	7,780	39,685
#4,558	Poling	7,779	39,690
#4,559	Talavera	7,777	39,700
#4,560	Choe	7,776	39,705

Who is named Alejandro

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

84% of people named Alejandro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.6%
White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Alejandros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Alejandro
American actor and film director, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alejandro

Alejandro has the Soundex code A425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A425.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alejandro come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
How common is the surname Alejandro?: 7,770 people in the United States had the surname Alejandro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,736 Americans. It ranked 4,563rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alejandro?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Alejandro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Alejandro?: Kevin Alejandro, American actor and film director.
Where is the surname Alejandro most common?: Wikidata records people named Alejandro in the United States.
How do you pronounce Alejandro?: Alejandro is /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/, 4 syllables.
What type of surname is Alejandro?: Alejandro is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Alejandro getting more or less common?: More common. 5,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,770 in 2010, up 33%.
Is Alejandro also a first name?: Yes. Alejandro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.