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    The surname Araya

    A surname, carried by 2,742 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A600

    Araya: #11,476 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Araya #11,476, 2,742 people Araya: #11,476 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Araya #11,476, 2,742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Araya is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,742 people named Araya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,599 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,109.

    #11,476
    rank among US surnames
    2,742
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30%
    change since 2000 (was #13,273)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,469Breshears2,745112,476
    #11,472Mattis2,744112,517
    #11,474McConville2,743112,558
    #11,476Araya2,742112,599
    #11,478Heineman2,741112,640
    #11,484Decicco2,740112,681

    Who is named Araya

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

    59% of people named Araya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    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 Araya

    Araya has the Soundex code A600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Araya?
    2,742 people in the United States had the surname Araya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,599 Americans. It ranked 11,476th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Araya?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Araya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Araya getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,742 in 2010, up 30%.