How common is the surname Aracena?

1,049 people in the United States had the surname Aracena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Aracena getting more or less common?

More common. 641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 64%.

The surname Aracena

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,049 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aracena is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Aracena. This surname is predominantly found in Chile.

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 1,049 people named Aracena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 641.

#24,031

rank among US surnames

1,049

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+63.7%

change since 2000 (was #33,563)

Who is named Aracena

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

96% of people named Aracena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Aracena

Aracena has the Soundex code A625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A625.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aracena come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Aracena. This surname is predominantly found in Chile.
How common is the surname Aracena?: 1,049 people in the United States had the surname Aracena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aracena?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Aracena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Aracena getting more or less common?: More common. 641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 64%.