The surname Almazan
A Spanish surname, carried by 6,265 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A452
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Almazán, after the town in Soria, Spain, of Arabic origin.
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 6,265 people named Almazan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,281 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,304.
Who is named Almazan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Almazan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
- Two or more races 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 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 Almazan
Almazan has the Soundex code A452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A452.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Almazan come from?
- From Spanish Almazán, after the town in Soria, Spain, of Arabic origin.
- How common is the surname Almazan?
- 6,265 people in the United States had the surname Almazan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,281 Americans. It ranked 5,549th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Almazan?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Almazan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Almazan getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,265 in 2010, up 46%.