How common is the surname Carbajal?

21,838 people in the United States had the surname Carbajal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,138 Americans. It ranked 1,646th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carbajal?

Michael Carbajal, American boxer, followed by Salud Carbajal.

Where is the surname Carbajal most common?

Wikidata records people named Carbajal in the United States.

Is the surname Carbajal getting more or less common?

More common. 14,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,838 in 2010, up 46%.

The surname Carbajal

A Spanish surname, carried by 21,838 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carbajal is more common than 99% of them.

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 21,838 people named Carbajal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,138 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,993.

#1,646

rank among US surnames

21,838

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+45.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,224)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,637	Lujan	22,021	14,021
#1,638	Babcock	22,016	14,024
#1,639	Hand	22,006	14,030
#1,640	Winkler	21,993	14,038
#1,641	Painter	21,969	14,054
#1,642	Regan	21,951	14,065
#1,643	Bragg	21,934	14,076

Who is named Carbajal

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

95% of people named Carbajal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Carbajals

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Carbajal
American boxer, born 1967
Salud Carbajal
American politician, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carbajal

Carbajal has the Soundex code C612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C612.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carbajal come from?: Carbajal is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Carbajal?: 21,838 people in the United States had the surname Carbajal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,138 Americans. It ranked 1,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carbajal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Carbajal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carbajal?: Michael Carbajal, American boxer, followed by Salud Carbajal.
Where is the surname Carbajal most common?: Wikidata records people named Carbajal in the United States.
Is the surname Carbajal getting more or less common?: More common. 14,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,838 in 2010, up 46%.