How common is the surname Carvajal?

8,883 people in the United States had the surname Carvajal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. It ranked 3,999th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Carvajal most common?

Wikidata records people named Carvajal in the United States.

Is the surname Carvajal getting more or less common?

More common. 6,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,883 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Carvajal

A Spanish surname, carried by 8,883 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). Carvajal is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Carvajal.

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 8,883 people named Carvajal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,411.

#3,999

rank among US surnames

8,883

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+38.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,024)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,991	Outlaw	8,901	34,687
#3,992	Sabo	8,899	34,694
#3,993	Deng	8,898	34,698
#3,994	Teixeira	8,895	34,710
#3,995	Lapointe	8,894	34,714
#3,996	Colley	8,887	34,741
#3,997	Galbraith	8,886	34,745

Who is named Carvajal

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

91% of people named Carvajal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Carvajals

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lena Hall
American actress, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carvajal

Carvajal 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 Carvajal come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Carvajal.
How common is the surname Carvajal?: 8,883 people in the United States had the surname Carvajal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,757 Americans. It ranked 3,999th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carvajal?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Carvajal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carvajal?: Lena Hall, American actress.
Where is the surname Carvajal most common?: Wikidata records people named Carvajal in the United States.
Is the surname Carvajal getting more or less common?: More common. 6,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,883 in 2010, up 39%.