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    The surname Bahena

    A surname, carried by 9,983 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B500

    Bahena: #3,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bahena #3,571, 9,983 people Bahena: #3,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bahena #3,571, 9,983 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bahena is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,983 people named Bahena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,927 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,240.

    #3,571
    rank among US surnames
    9,983
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +60%
    change since 2000 (was #5,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,567Starling10,00430,862
    #3,568Haller9,99230,899
    #3,569Thorn9,98830,912
    #3,571Curiel9,98330,927

    Who is named Bahena

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

    98% of people named Bahena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bahena

    Bahena has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bahena?
    9,983 people in the United States had the surname Bahena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,927 Americans. It ranked 3,571st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bahena?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Bahena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bahena getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,983 in 2010, up 60%.