How common is the surname Anaya?

24,017 people in the United States had the surname Anaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,855 Americans. It ranked 1,488th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Anaya?

Rudolfo Anaya, American Chicano novelist, poet (1937–2020), followed by Toney Anaya.

Where is the surname Anaya most common?

Wikidata records people named Anaya in the United States.

Is the surname Anaya getting more or less common?

More common. 17,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,017 in 2010, up 38%.

Is Anaya also a first name?

Yes. Anaya 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 Anaya

A Spanish surname, carried by 24,017 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A500 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). Anaya is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish

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 24,017 people named Anaya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,855 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,405.

#1,488

rank among US surnames

24,017

people in 2010

8.1

per 100,000 Americans

+38%

change since 2000 (was #1,894)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,479	Reece	24,145	12,787
#1,480	Liang	24,140	12,790
#1,481	Francisco	24,095	12,814
#1,482	Crow	24,089	12,817
#1,483	Bloom	24,081	12,821
#1,484	Sun	24,058	12,833
#1,485	Tompkins	24,056	12,834

Who is named Anaya

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

93% of people named Anaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Anayas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudolfo Anaya
American Chicano novelist, poet (1937–2020)
Toney Anaya
American politician, born 1941

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Anaya

Anaya has the Soundex code A500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A500.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Anaya come from?: Anaya is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Anaya?: 24,017 people in the United States had the surname Anaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,855 Americans. It ranked 1,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Anaya?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Anaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Anaya?: Rudolfo Anaya, American Chicano novelist, poet (1937–2020), followed by Toney Anaya.
Where is the surname Anaya most common?: Wikidata records people named Anaya in the United States.
Is the surname Anaya getting more or less common?: More common. 17,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,017 in 2010, up 38%.
Is Anaya also a first name?: Yes. Anaya 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.