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The surname Arciniega

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,478 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A625

Arciniega: #9,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arciniega #9,352, 3,478 people Arciniega: #9,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arciniega #9,352, 3,478 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arciniega is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Arciniega, from Basque Artziniega.

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 3,478 people named Arciniega in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,632.

#9,352
rank among US surnames
3,478
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+32.1%
change since 2000 (was #11,080)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,345Helfrich3,48288,669
#9,347Schuyler3,48088,720
#9,350Hepburn3,47988,745
#9,352McCammon3,47888,771
#9,355Acord3,47788,797

Who is named Arciniega

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

95% of people named Arciniega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arciniega

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

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arciniega come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Arciniega, from Basque Artziniega.
How common is the surname Arciniega?
3,478 people in the United States had the surname Arciniega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. It ranked 9,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arciniega?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arciniega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Arciniega getting more or less common?
More common. 2,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,478 in 2010, up 32%.