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    The surname Cedillo

    A surname, carried by 10,538 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C340

    Cedillo: #3,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cedillo #3,392, 10,538 people Cedillo: #3,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cedillo #3,392, 10,538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cedillo is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,538 people named Cedillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,298 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,085.

    #3,392
    rank among US surnames
    10,538
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,587)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,383Charlton10,55529,251
    #3,385Vail10,55429,254
    #3,386Schrock10,54929,268
    #3,387Iglesias10,54629,276
    #3,389Bayer10,54429,282
    #3,390Sager10,54129,290
    #3,391Kinder10,53929,296

    Who is named Cedillo

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

    96% of people named Cedillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cedillo

    Cedillo has the Soundex code C340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cedillo?
    10,538 people in the United States had the surname Cedillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,298 Americans. It ranked 3,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cedillo?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cedillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cedillo getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,538 in 2010, up 49%.