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    The surname Avalos

    A Spanish surname, carried by 36,922 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A142

    Avalos: #940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Avalos #940, 36,922 people Avalos: #940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Avalos #940, 36,922 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Avalos is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Ávalos.

    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 36,922 people named Avalos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,362 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,875.

    #940
    rank among US surnames
    36,922
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,246)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #931Cano37,3688,262
    #932Levy37,2288,293
    #933Huber37,1708,306
    #934Richmond37,0538,333
    #935Moyer37,0508,333
    #936Lim37,0218,340
    #937Frye36,9738,351

    Who is named Avalos

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

    96% of people named Avalos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Avaloss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cristiano Ávalos
      Brazilian professional footballer, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Avalos

    Avalos has the Soundex code A142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A142.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Avalos come from?
    From Spanish Ávalos.
    How common is the surname Avalos?
    36,922 people in the United States had the surname Avalos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,362 Americans. It ranked 940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Avalos?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Avalos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Avalos?
    Cristiano Ávalos, Brazilian professional footballer.
    Where is the surname Avalos most common?
    Wikidata records people named Avalos in Brazil.
    Is the surname Avalos getting more or less common?
    More common. 25,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,922 in 2010, up 43%.