How common is the surname Arechiga?

3,306 people in the United States had the surname Arechiga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. It ranked 9,794th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Arechiga getting more or less common?

More common. 2,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,306 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Arechiga

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,306 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arechiga is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Variant of Arechega.

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 3,306 people named Arechiga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,531.

#9,794

rank among US surnames

3,306

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+30.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,423)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,786	Loughlin	3,309	93,305
#9,788	Chico	3,308	93,333
#9,790	Colangelo	3,307	93,361
#9,794	Arechiga	3,306	93,389
#9,798	Trantham	3,304	93,446
#9,800	Casias	3,303	93,474
#9,803	Goto	3,302	93,503

Who is named Arechiga

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

94% of people named Arechiga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Arechiga

Arciga

Arechiga has the Soundex code A622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A622.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arechiga come from?: Variant of Arechega.
How common is the surname Arechiga?: 3,306 people in the United States had the surname Arechiga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. It ranked 9,794th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arechiga?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Arechiga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Arechiga getting more or less common?: More common. 2,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,306 in 2010, up 31%.