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    The surname Cisneros

    A Spanish surname, carried by 50,920 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C256

    Cisneros: #670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cisneros #670, 50,920 people Cisneros: #670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Cisneros #670, 50,920 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cisneros is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    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 50,920 people named Cisneros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,063 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,050.

    #670
    rank among US surnames
    50,920
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.4%
    change since 2000 (was #850)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #661Foley51,8655,953
    #662Atkins51,6715,975
    #663Mathews51,5925,984
    #664Bonilla51,4755,998
    #665Acevedo51,3516,012
    #666Benitez51,2886,020
    #667Zavala51,1536,036

    Who is named Cisneros

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

    95% of people named Cisneros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cisneross

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sandra Cisneros
      American writer and poet (born 1954)
    • Henry Cisneros
      American mayor, born 1947
    • Adriana Cisneros
      American businesswoman, born 1979

    Notable Cisneross come mostly from Mexico (1), the United States (1) and Venezuela (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cisneros

    Cisneros has the Soundex code C256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C256.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cisneros come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Cisneros?
    50,920 people in the United States had the surname Cisneros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,063 Americans. It ranked 670th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cisneros?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cisneros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cisneros?
    Sandra Cisneros, American writer and poet (born 1954), followed by Henry Cisneros.
    Where is the surname Cisneros most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cisneros in Mexico, the United States and Venezuela.
    Is the surname Cisneros getting more or less common?
    More common. 37,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,920 in 2010, up 37%.