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    The surname Alejo

    A surname, carried by 6,339 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /æˈlɛ.xoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex A420

    Alejo: #5,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alejo #5,486, 6,339 people Alejo: #5,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alejo #5,486, 6,339 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alejo is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,339 people named Alejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,706 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,081.

    #5,486
    rank among US surnames
    6,339
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,520)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,477Pape6,35048,621
    #5,479Reza6,34948,629
    #5,480Warrick6,34748,644
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698

    Who is named Alejo

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

    84% of people named Alejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Alejo

    Alejo has the Soundex code A420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alejo?
    6,339 people in the United States had the surname Alejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,706 Americans. It ranked 5,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alejo?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Alejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    How do you pronounce Alejo?
    Alejo is /æˈlɛ.xoʊ/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Alejo getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,339 in 2010, up 55%.
    Is Alejo also a first name?
    Yes. Alejo 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.