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    The surname Alferez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A416

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alferez is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    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 1,033 people named Alferez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 611.

    #24,288
    rank among US surnames
    1,033
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +69.1%
    change since 2000 (was #34,949)

    Who is named Alferez

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

    86% of people named Alferez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alferez

    Alferez has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alferez come from?
    Alferez is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Alferez?
    1,033 people in the United States had the surname Alferez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alferez?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Alferez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Alferez getting more or less common?
    More common. 611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 69%.