How common is the surname Alfonso?

12,246 people in the United States had the surname Alfonso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,212 Americans. It ranked 2,927th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alfonso?

Kristian Alfonso, American actress, followed by Robert Alfonso.

Where is the surname Alfonso most common?

Wikidata records people named Alfonso in the United States and Cuba.

How do you pronounce Alfonso?

Alfonso is /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Alfonso getting more or less common?

More common. 9,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,246 in 2010, up 27%.

Is Alfonso also a first name?

Yes. Alfonso 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 Alfonso

A surname, carried by 12,246 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex A415 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). Alfonso is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,246 people named Alfonso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,212 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,632.

#2,927

rank among US surnames

12,246

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+27.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,404)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,918	Broughton	12,273	25,156
#2,919	Oglesby	12,271	25,161
#2,920	Cáceres	12,269	25,165
#2,921	Braxton	12,268	25,167
#2,922	Ashton	12,263	25,177
#2,924	Begum	12,255	25,193
#2,925	Scarborough	12,252	25,200

Who is named Alfonso

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

67% of people named Alfonso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Alfonsos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristian Alfonso
American actress, born 1963
Robert Alfonso
Boxer, born 1986
Mike Awesome
American professional wrestler (1965–2007)

Notable Alfonsos come mostly from the United States (2) and Cuba (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Alfonso

Alfonso has the Soundex code A415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A415.

Questions

Where does the surname Alfonso come from?: From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.
How common is the surname Alfonso?: 12,246 people in the United States had the surname Alfonso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,212 Americans. It ranked 2,927th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alfonso?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Alfonso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alfonso?: Kristian Alfonso, American actress, followed by Robert Alfonso.
Where is the surname Alfonso most common?: Wikidata records people named Alfonso in the United States and Cuba.
How do you pronounce Alfonso?: Alfonso is /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Alfonso getting more or less common?: More common. 9,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,246 in 2010, up 27%.
Is Alfonso also a first name?: Yes. Alfonso 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.