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    The surname Aquilar

    A surname, carried by 1,064 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A246

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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). Aquilar is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,064 people named Aquilar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,174 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 828.

    #23,768
    rank among US surnames
    1,064
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.5%
    change since 2000 (was #27,413)

    Who is named Aquilar

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

    90% of people named Aquilar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, 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 Aquilar

    Aquilar has the Soundex code A246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Aquilar?
    1,064 people in the United States had the surname Aquilar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,174 Americans. It ranked 23,768th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aquilar?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Aquilar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Aquilar getting more or less common?
    More common. 828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,064 in 2010, up 29%.