How common is the surname Balderrama?

5,766 people in the United States had the surname Balderrama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,546 Americans. It ranked 5,968th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Balderrama getting more or less common?

More common. 4,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,766 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Balderrama

A Spanish surname, carried by 5,766 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balderrama is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Balderrama.

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 5,766 people named Balderrama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,546 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,479.

#5,968

rank among US surnames

5,766

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+28.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,908)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,964	Schuman	5,770	53,509
#5,966	Hui	5,769	53,518
#5,967	Olmedo	5,768	53,527
#5,968	Balderrama	5,766	53,546
#5,970	Iqbal	5,764	53,564

Who is named Balderrama

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

90% of people named Balderrama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%
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 Balderrama

Balderrama has the Soundex code B436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B436.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Balderrama come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Balderrama.
How common is the surname Balderrama?: 5,766 people in the United States had the surname Balderrama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,546 Americans. It ranked 5,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balderrama?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Balderrama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Balderrama getting more or less common?: More common. 4,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,766 in 2010, up 29%.