The surname Cervantes
A Spanish surname, carried by 82,161 people in the United States.
Pronounced /sɚˈvæntiːz/ 3 syllables Soundex C615
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.
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 82,161 people named Cervantes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,758 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 57,685.
Who is named Cervantes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Cervantes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cervantes has the Soundex code C615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C615.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Cervantes come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.
- How common is the surname Cervantes?
- 82,161 people in the United States had the surname Cervantes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,758 Americans. It ranked 387th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cervantes?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cervantes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Cervantes?
- Cervantes is /sɚˈvæntiːz/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Cervantes getting more or less common?
- More common. 57,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 82,161 in 2010, up 42%.