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The surname Alicea

A surname, carried by 12,287 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A420

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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). Alicea is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,287 people named Alicea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,128 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,246.

#2,917
rank among US surnames
12,287
people in 2010
4.2
per 100,000 Americans
+19.9%
change since 2000 (was #3,204)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#2,908Borges12,33725,026
#2,909Concepcion12,33225,036
#2,910Lemons12,32225,056
#2,911Matson12,32025,061
#2,912Brinson12,30325,095
#2,914Ralston12,30225,097
#2,915Altamirano12,29625,109

Who is named Alicea

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

90% of people named Alicea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alicea

Alicea 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 Alicea?
12,287 people in the United States had the surname Alicea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,128 Americans. It ranked 2,917th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alicea?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Alicea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Alicea getting more or less common?
More common. 10,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,287 in 2010, up 20%.