The surname Covarrubias
A Spanish surname, carried by 18,189 people in the United States.
5 syllables Soundex C161
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Covarrubias.
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 18,189 people named Covarrubias in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,974 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,543.
Who is named Covarrubias
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Covarrubias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Cobarrubias
Covarrubias has the Soundex code C161, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C161.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Covarrubias come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Covarrubias.
- How common is the surname Covarrubias?
- 18,189 people in the United States had the surname Covarrubias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,974 Americans. It ranked 1,985th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Covarrubias?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Covarrubias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Covarrubias getting more or less common?
- More common. 12,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,189 in 2010, up 45%.
- What are other spellings of Covarrubias?
- Cobarrubias.