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The surname Coloma

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,686 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C450

Coloma: #16,894 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coloma #16,894, 1,686 people Coloma: #16,894 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coloma #16,894, 1,686 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coloma is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Coloma, a common Filipino and Hispanic surname.

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 1,686 people named Coloma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,123 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,346.

#16,894
rank among US surnames
1,686
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+25.3%
change since 2000 (was #18,811)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,887Howery1,687183,015
#16,894Schild1,686183,123
#16,900Hoar1,685183,232

Who is named Coloma

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

54% of people named Coloma identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 54%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
  • Two or more races 5.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Colomas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Marcus Coloma
    American actor, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coloma

Coloma has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coloma come from?
From Spanish Coloma, a common Filipino and Hispanic surname.
How common is the surname Coloma?
1,686 people in the United States had the surname Coloma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,123 Americans. It ranked 16,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coloma?
In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Coloma identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coloma?
Marcus Coloma, American actor.
Where is the surname Coloma most common?
Wikidata records people named Coloma in the United States.
Is the surname Coloma getting more or less common?
More common. 1,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,686 in 2010, up 25%.