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    The surname Colunga

    A surname, carried by 4,616 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C452

    Colunga: #7,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Colunga #7,232, 4,616 people Colunga: #7,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Colunga #7,232, 4,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colunga is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,616 people named Colunga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,886 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,589.

    #7,232
    rank among US surnames
    4,616
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,454)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,228Pete4,61966,843
    #7,229Swindell4,61866,857
    #7,230Charbonneau4,61766,871
    #7,232Gordillo4,61666,886
    #7,234Bybee4,61466,915

    Who is named Colunga

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

    93% of people named Colunga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Colunga

    Colunga has the Soundex code C452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Colunga?
    4,616 people in the United States had the surname Colunga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,886 Americans. It ranked 7,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Colunga?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Colunga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Colunga getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,616 in 2010, up 29%.