The surname Camarena
A Spanish surname, carried by 11,154 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex C565
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
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 11,154 people named Camarena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,680 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,094.
Who is named Camarena
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Camarena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Camarena
Camarena has the Soundex code C565, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C565.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Camarena come from?
- Camarena is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Camarena?
- 11,154 people in the United States had the surname Camarena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,680 Americans. It ranked 3,237th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Camarena?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Camarena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Camarena getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,154 in 2010, up 38%.