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    The surname Arocha

    A surname, carried by 1,670 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A620

    Arocha: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arocha #17,014, 1,670 people Arocha: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arocha #17,014, 1,670 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arocha is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,670 people named Arocha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,341.

    #17,014
    rank among US surnames
    1,670
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,857)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,005Kebede1,671184,767
    #17,014Arocha1,670184,878

    Who is named Arocha

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

    87% of people named Arocha identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    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 Arocha

    Arocha has the Soundex code A620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arocha?
    1,670 people in the United States had the surname Arocha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. It ranked 17,014th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arocha?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Arocha identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Arocha getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,670 in 2010, up 25%.