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    The surname Alvarado

    A Spanish surname, carried by 133,501 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A416

    Alvarado: #219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Alvarado #219, 133,501 people Alvarado: #219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Alvarado #219, 133,501 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alvarado is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Alvarado.

    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 133,501 people named Alvarado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,313 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 93,723.

    #219
    rank among US surnames
    133,501
    people in 2010
    45
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.4%
    change since 2000 (was #294)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #210Elliott135,7652,274
    #211Cunningham135,7182,275
    #212Duncan135,1872,284
    #213Armstrong135,0442,286
    #214Hudson134,9632,288
    #215Carroll134,3172,299
    #216Lane134,2272,300

    Who is named Alvarado

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

    94% of people named Alvarado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Alvarados

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Trini Alvarado
      American actress, born 1967
    • Ventura Alvarado
      American soccer player, born 1992
    • Don Alvarado
      American actor, assistant film director, and film production manager (1904–1967)
    • Alejandro Alvarado Jr.
      American soccer player, born 2003
    • Angela Alvarado
      American actress/music director, born 1964
    • Katherine Alvarado
      Association footballer, born 1991
    • Tylene Buck
      American professional wrestler, valet and pornographic actress, born 1972

    Notable Alvarados come mostly from the United States (6) and Costa Rica (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alvarado

    Alvarado 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 Alvarado come from?
    From Spanish Alvarado.
    How common is the surname Alvarado?
    133,501 people in the United States had the surname Alvarado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,313 Americans. It ranked 219th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alvarado?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Alvarado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Alvarado?
    Trini Alvarado, American actress, followed by Ventura Alvarado.
    Where is the surname Alvarado most common?
    Wikidata records people named Alvarado in the United States and Costa Rica.
    Is the surname Alvarado getting more or less common?
    More common. 93,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 133,501 in 2010, up 42%.