How common is the surname Allegra?

552 people in the United States had the surname Allegra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. It ranked 39,773rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Allegra?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Allegra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Allegra?

Allegra is /əˈlɛɡrə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Allegra getting more or less common?

More common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 552 in 2010, up 1.8%.

Is Allegra also a first name?

Yes. Allegra 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 Allegra

An Italian surname, carried by 552 people in the United States.

Pronounced /əˈlɛɡrə/ 3 syllables Soundex A426 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). Allegra is more common than 75.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Allegra, from allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 552 people named Allegra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 542.

#39,773

rank among US surnames

552

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #38,395)

Who is named Allegra

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

95% of people named Allegra identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Allegra

Allegra has the Soundex code A426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A426.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Allegra come from?: Borrowed from Italian Allegra, from allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.
How common is the surname Allegra?: 552 people in the United States had the surname Allegra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. It ranked 39,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Allegra?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Allegra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Allegra?: Allegra is /əˈlɛɡrə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Allegra getting more or less common?: More common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 552 in 2010, up 1.8%.
Is Allegra also a first name?: Yes. Allegra 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.