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    The surname Amescua

    A Spanish surname, carried by 664 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A520

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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). Amescua is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Amescua, a variant of Amezcua. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

    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 664 people named Amescua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 651.

    #34,185
    rank among US surnames
    664
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,142)

    Who is named Amescua

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

    88% of people named Amescua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Amescua

    Amescua has the Soundex code A520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A520.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Amescua come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Amescua, a variant of Amezcua. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
    How common is the surname Amescua?
    664 people in the United States had the surname Amescua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Amescua?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Amescua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Amescua getting more or less common?
    More common. 651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 2.0%.