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    The surname Colmenares

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,168 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C455

    Colmenares: #13,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Colmenares #13,926, 2,168 people Colmenares: #13,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Colmenares #13,926, 2,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colmenares is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname 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 2,168 people named Colmenares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,356.

    #13,926
    rank among US surnames
    2,168
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,712)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,922Dula2,169142,345
    #13,926Kelliher2,168142,410
    #13,933Flippo2,167142,476

    Who is named Colmenares

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

    92% of people named Colmenares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Colmenares

    Colmenares has the Soundex code C455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C455.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Colmenares come from?
    Colmenares is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Colmenares?
    2,168 people in the United States had the surname Colmenares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Colmenares?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Colmenares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Colmenares getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 60%.