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    The surname Archuleta

    A Spanish surname, carried by 13,248 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A624

    Archuleta: #2,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Archuleta #2,717, 13,248 people Archuleta: #2,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Archuleta #2,717, 13,248 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Archuleta is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Archuleta, from Basque Aretxuloeta.

    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 13,248 people named Archuleta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,305 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,978.

    #2,717
    rank among US surnames
    13,248
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,763)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,708Ko13,31223,193
    #2,709Stockton13,30623,203
    #2,710Graf13,30123,212
    #2,711Noonan13,28623,238
    #2,712Spear13,28423,242
    #2,713Pressley13,28123,247
    #2,714Felder13,25723,289

    Who is named Archuleta

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

    80% of people named Archuleta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Archuletas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Archuleta
      American singer-songwriter, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Archuletta

    Surnames that sound like Archuleta

    Archuleta has the Soundex code A624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A624.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Archuleta come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Archuleta, from Basque Aretxuloeta.
    How common is the surname Archuleta?
    13,248 people in the United States had the surname Archuleta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,305 Americans. It ranked 2,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Archuleta?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Archuleta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Archuleta?
    David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter.
    Where is the surname Archuleta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Archuleta in the United States.
    Is the surname Archuleta getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,248 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Archuleta?
    Archuletta.