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    The surname Camacho

    A Spanish surname, carried by 67,893 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Camacho is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.

    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 67,893 people named Camacho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,548 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,000.

    #493
    rank among US surnames
    67,893
    people in 2010
    23
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.6%
    change since 2000 (was #630)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #484Ingram69,3454,452
    #485Wise68,6494,497
    #486Gallegos68,3734,516
    #487Clarke68,2814,522
    #488Barton68,2334,525
    #489Schroeder67,9774,542
    #490Maxwell67,9614,543

    Who is named Camacho

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

    90% of people named Camacho identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Camachos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessica Camacho
      American actress, born 1982
    • Luis Fernando Camacho
      2nd Governor of Santa Cruz, born 1979
    • Felixberto Camacho Flores
      American archbishop (1921-1985)

    Notable Camachos come mostly from the United States (2) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Camacho

    Camacho has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Camacho come from?
    Camacho is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Camacho?
    67,893 people in the United States had the surname Camacho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,548 Americans. It ranked 493rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Camacho?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Camacho identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Camacho?
    Jessica Camacho, American actress, followed by Luis Fernando Camacho.
    Where is the surname Camacho most common?
    Wikidata records people named Camacho in the United States and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Camacho getting more or less common?
    More common. 49,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,893 in 2010, up 39%.