The surname Araujo
A Spanish surname, carried by 18,856 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A620
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Araújo. Probably from arar (“to plough”), hence ploughland.
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 18,856 people named Araujo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,374 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,646.
Who is named Araujo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
69% of people named Araujo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 69%
- White (not Hispanic) 27%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Araujos
27 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Leonardo AraújoBrazilian association football player, born 1969
- Taís AraújoBrazilian actress and TV presenter, born 1978
- Márcio AraújoBrazilian association football player, born 1984
- Edson AraújoBrazilian association football player, born 1980
- Luiz AraújoBrazilian association football player, born 1996
- Vinícius AraújoBrazilian association football player, born 1993
- Sergio AraujoArgentine player, born 1992
- Lukian Araújo de AlmeidaBrazilian association football player, born 1991
- Ernesto AraújoBrazilian diplomat, born 1967
- Rafael AraújoBrazilian basketball player (born 1980)
- Luiz Alberto de AraújoBrazilian decathlete, born 1987
- Natália AraujoBrazilian indoor volleyball player, born 1997
Notable Araujos come mostly from Brazil (23), Argentina (2) and the United States (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Araujo
Araujo has the Soundex code A620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A620.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Araujo come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Araújo. Probably from arar (“to plough”), hence ploughland.
- How common is the surname Araujo?
- 18,856 people in the United States had the surname Araujo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,374 Americans. It ranked 1,908th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Araujo?
- In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Araujo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Araujo?
- Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian association football player, followed by Taís Araújo.
- Where is the surname Araujo most common?
- Wikidata records people named Araujo in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.
- Is the surname Araujo getting more or less common?
- More common. 12,646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,856 in 2010, up 49%.