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    The surname Arzuaga

    A Spanish surname, carried by 665 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A622

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arzuaga is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Arzuaga, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.

    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 665 people named Arzuaga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,279 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 495.

    #34,149
    rank among US surnames
    665
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.3%
    change since 2000 (was #41,448)

    Who is named Arzuaga

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

    95% of people named Arzuaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Arzuaga

    Arzuaga 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 Arzuaga come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Arzuaga, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
    How common is the surname Arzuaga?
    665 people in the United States had the surname Arzuaga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,279 Americans. It ranked 34,149th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arzuaga?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arzuaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Arzuaga getting more or less common?
    More common. 495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 665 in 2010, up 34%.