How common is the surname Atienza?

1,777 people in the United States had the surname Atienza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Atienza getting more or less common?

More common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Atienza

A place surname, carried by 1,777 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Atienza is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Common Filipino surname of Spanish toponymic origin

Atienza is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,777 people named Atienza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,278.

#16,247

rank among US surnames

1,777

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+39%

change since 2000 (was #19,537)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,238	Smoker	1,778	173,648
#16,247	Haddon	1,777	173,745
#16,250	Saxe	1,776	173,843
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941

Who is named Atienza

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

84% of people named Atienza identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Two or more races 4.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Atienza come from?: Common Filipino surname of Spanish toponymic origin
How common is the surname Atienza?: 1,777 people in the United States had the surname Atienza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Atienza?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Atienza identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Atienza?: Atienza is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Atienza getting more or less common?: More common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 39%.