The surname Avendano
A surname, carried by 6,086 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex A153
Origin
Anglicization of Spanish Avendaño, a surname of Basque origin.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,086 people named Avendano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,730 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,586.
Who is named Avendano
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Avendano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Avendano
Avendano has the Soundex code A153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A153.
Questions
- Where does the surname Avendano come from?
- Anglicization of Spanish Avendaño, a surname of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Avendano?
- 6,086 people in the United States had the surname Avendano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,730 Americans. It ranked 5,695th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Avendano?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Avendano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Avendano getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,086 in 2010, up 70%.