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    The surname Coronel

    A Spanish surname, carried by 7,745 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C654

    Coronel: #4,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coronel #4,582, 7,745 people Coronel: #4,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coronel #4,582, 7,745 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coronel is more common than 97.2% 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 7,745 people named Coronel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,864 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,997.

    #4,582
    rank among US surnames
    7,745
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55%
    change since 2000 (was #6,279)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,578Lung7,75339,823
    #4,580Rohrer7,75039,838
    #4,581Poland7,74639,859
    #4,582Coronel7,74539,864

    Who is named Coronel

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

    86% of people named Coronel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Coronels

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Coronel
      Brazilian-Paraguayan footballer, born 1996
    • Mariela Coronel
      Argentinian footballer, born 1981
    • Antonio F. Coronel
      American mayor, 1817–1894
    • Emma Coronel Aispuro
      American model (born 1989)
    • Immortal Technique
      American rapper, born 1978

    Notable Coronels come mostly from the United States (2), Paraguay (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coronel

    Coronel has the Soundex code C654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C654.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coronel come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Coronel?
    7,745 people in the United States had the surname Coronel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,864 Americans. It ranked 4,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coronel?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Coronel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Coronel?
    Carlos Coronel, Brazilian-Paraguayan footballer, followed by Mariela Coronel.
    Where is the surname Coronel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coronel in the United States, Paraguay and Argentina and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Coronel getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,745 in 2010, up 55%.