# Camacho (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/camacho/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 67,893 |
| US rank (2010) | 493 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,548 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (49,000 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Camacho in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Camacho in the United States and Bolivia.

## People named Camacho

- Jessica Camacho, American actress
- Luis Fernando Camacho, 2nd Governor of Santa Cruz
- Felixberto Camacho Flores, American archbishop (1921-1985)

## Similar surnames

Cammack, Camejo, Chang, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Chance, Chiang, Coons, Ching, Comeaux.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.