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    The surname Curiel

    A surname, carried by 9,983 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C640

    Curiel: #3,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Curiel #3,571, 9,983 people Curiel: #3,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Curiel #3,571, 9,983 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Curiel is more common than 97.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,983 people named Curiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,927 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,621.

    #3,571
    rank among US surnames
    9,983
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31%
    change since 2000 (was #4,307)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,567Starling10,00430,862
    #3,568Haller9,99230,899
    #3,569Thorn9,98830,912
    #3,571Curiel9,98330,927

    Who is named Curiel

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

    95% of people named Curiel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Curiels

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Angel Bismark Curiel
      American actor, born 1995
    • Ochy Curiel
      Afro-Dominican lesbian, feminist academic, singer and social anthropologist, born 1963

    Notable Curiels come mostly from the United States (1) and the Dominican Republic (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Curiel

    Curiel has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Curiel?
    9,983 people in the United States had the surname Curiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,927 Americans. It ranked 3,571st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Curiel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Curiel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Curiel?
    Angel Bismark Curiel, American actor, followed by Ochy Curiel.
    Where is the surname Curiel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Curiel in the United States and the Dominican Republic.
    Is the surname Curiel getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,983 in 2010, up 31%.