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    The surname Cholula

    A Nahuatl surname, carried by 573 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C440

    Cholula: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cholula #38,582, 573 people Cholula: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cholula #38,582, 573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cholula is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    Nahuatl origin

    Probably of Nahuatl origin, from the original name of the city of Cholollan, now Cholula, Pueblo, Mexico. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 573 people named Cholula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. That is up 126% since 2000, when the Census counted 254.

    #38,582
    rank among US surnames
    573
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +125.6%
    change since 2000 (was #71,610)

    Who is named Cholula

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

    99% of people named Cholula identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 99%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Black are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cholula

    Cholula has the Soundex code C440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C440.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cholula come from?
    Probably of Nahuatl origin, from the original name of the city of Cholollan, now Cholula, Pueblo, Mexico. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
    How common is the surname Cholula?
    573 people in the United States had the surname Cholula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. It ranked 38,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cholula?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Cholula identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 0.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Cholula getting more or less common?
    More common. 254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 573 in 2010, up 126%.