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    The surname Alvarenga

    A surname, carried by 7,973 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A416

    Alvarenga: #4,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alvarenga #4,449, 7,973 people Alvarenga: #4,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alvarenga #4,449, 7,973 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alvarenga is more common than 97.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,973 people named Alvarenga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,724 Americans. That is up 78% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,476.

    #4,449
    rank among US surnames
    7,973
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +78.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,915)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,440Sisco7,99338,627
    #4,441Hendrick7,98838,651
    #4,442Weed7,98738,656
    #4,444Vaca7,98238,680
    #4,445Magnuson7,98038,690
    #4,446Keyser7,97838,700
    #4,447Allman7,97738,704

    Who is named Alvarenga

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

    94% of people named Alvarenga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • 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 Alvarenga

    Alvarenga has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alvarenga?
    7,973 people in the United States had the surname Alvarenga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,724 Americans. It ranked 4,449th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alvarenga?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Alvarenga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alvarenga getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,973 in 2010, up 78%.