How common is the surname Arizaga?

1,144 people in the United States had the surname Arizaga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Arizaga getting more or less common?

More common. 774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 48%.

The surname Arizaga

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,144 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). Arizaga is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Arizaga, Castilianized form of Basque Aritzaga. This surname is predominantly found in Ecuador.

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 1,144 people named Arizaga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 774.

#22,481

rank among US surnames

1,144

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+47.8%

change since 2000 (was #28,912)

Who is named Arizaga

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

97% of people named Arizaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Arizaga

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

Other Spanish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Arizaga come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Arizaga, Castilianized form of Basque Aritzaga. This surname is predominantly found in Ecuador.
How common is the surname Arizaga?: 1,144 people in the United States had the surname Arizaga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arizaga?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Arizaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Arizaga getting more or less common?: More common. 774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 48%.