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The surname Delapena

A surname, carried by 4,051 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D415

Delapena: #8,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Delapena #8,189, 4,051 people Delapena: #8,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Delapena #8,189, 4,051 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delapena is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,051 people named Delapena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,094.

#8,189
rank among US surnames
4,051
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+30.9%
change since 2000 (was #9,641)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,184Kaczmarek4,05276,196
#8,189Severino4,05176,215
#8,195Teter4,05076,233
#8,196McAbee4,04976,252
#8,198Woosley4,04876,271

Who is named Delapena

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

58% of people named Delapena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 58%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Delapenas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Horacio de la Peña
    Argentine tennis player, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Delapena

Delapena has the Soundex code D415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D415.

Questions

How common is the surname Delapena?
4,051 people in the United States had the surname Delapena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. It ranked 8,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delapena?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Delapena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Delapena?
Horacio de la Peña, Argentine tennis player.
Where is the surname Delapena most common?
Wikidata records people named Delapena in Argentina.
Is the surname Delapena getting more or less common?
More common. 3,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,051 in 2010, up 31%.