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The surname Cecena

A surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C250

Cecena: #21,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cecena #21,509, 1,214 people Cecena: #21,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cecena #21,509, 1,214 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cecena is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Cecena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 818.

#21,509
rank among US surnames
1,214
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+48.4%
change since 2000 (was #27,694)

Who is named Cecena

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

85% of people named Cecena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.4%
  • White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cecena

Cecena has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Questions

How common is the surname Cecena?
1,214 people in the United States had the surname Cecena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cecena?
In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cecena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Cecena getting more or less common?
More common. 818 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, up 48%.