How common is the surname Cuellar?

22,324 people in the United States had the surname Cuellar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,830 Americans. It ranked 1,609th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cuellar?

Henry Cuellar, American politician & attorney (born 1955).

Where is the surname Cuellar most common?

Wikidata records people named Cuellar in the United States.

Is the surname Cuellar getting more or less common?

More common. 17,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,324 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Cuellar

A Spanish surname, carried by 22,324 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuellar is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Cuéllar.

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 22,324 people named Cuellar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,830 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,217.

#1,609

rank among US surnames

22,324

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+29.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,600	Ludwig	22,380	13,796
#1,601	Souza	22,373	13,800
#1,602	Huggins	22,371	13,801
#1,603	Amador	22,370	13,802
#1,604	Dunham	22,362	13,807
#1,605	Goode	22,356	13,810
#1,606	Kauffman	22,353	13,812

Who is named Cuellar

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

92% of people named Cuellar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cuellars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Cuellar
American politician & attorney (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cuellar

Cuellar has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cuellar come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Cuéllar.
How common is the surname Cuellar?: 22,324 people in the United States had the surname Cuellar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,830 Americans. It ranked 1,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cuellar?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cuellar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cuellar?: Henry Cuellar, American politician & attorney (born 1955).
Where is the surname Cuellar most common?: Wikidata records people named Cuellar in the United States.
Is the surname Cuellar getting more or less common?: More common. 17,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,324 in 2010, up 30%.