How common is the surname Cadena?

11,560 people in the United States had the surname Cadena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,708 Americans. It ranked 3,117th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Cadena most common?

Wikidata records people named Cadena in the United States.

Is the surname Cadena getting more or less common?

More common. 9,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,560 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Cadena

A surname, carried by 11,560 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cadena is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,560 people named Cadena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,708 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,123.

#3,117

rank among US surnames

11,560

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+26.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,577)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,108	Ramon	11,582	26,657
#3,109	Whatley	11,579	26,664
#3,110	Lewandowski	11,577	26,669
#3,111	Quinonez	11,576	26,671
#3,112	Cepeda	11,572	26,680
#3,113	Botello	11,569	26,687
#3,115	Barclay	11,568	26,690

Who is named Cadena

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

93% of people named Cadena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cadenas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dez Cadena
American musician, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cadena

Cedano

Cadena has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.

Questions

How common is the surname Cadena?: 11,560 people in the United States had the surname Cadena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,708 Americans. It ranked 3,117th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cadena?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cadena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cadena?: Dez Cadena, American musician.
Where is the surname Cadena most common?: Wikidata records people named Cadena in the United States.
Is the surname Cadena getting more or less common?: More common. 9,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,560 in 2010, up 27%.