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    The surname Delavega

    A Spanish surname, carried by 3,360 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex D412

    Delavega: #9,661 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Delavega #9,661, 3,360 people Delavega: #9,661 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Delavega #9,661, 3,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delavega is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censuses).

    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 3,360 people named Delavega in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,889 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,655.

    #9,661
    rank among US surnames
    3,360
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,990)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,652Pecoraro3,36291,834
    #9,658Durrett3,36191,861
    #9,661Hellman3,36091,889
    #9,664Dinardo3,35991,916
    #9,666Kennelly3,35891,943
    #9,667Oliveri3,35791,971
    #9,669Shear3,35691,998

    Who is named Delavega

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

    74% of people named Delavega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Delavega

    Delavega has the Soundex code D412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D412.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Delavega come from?
    From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censuses).
    How common is the surname Delavega?
    3,360 people in the United States had the surname Delavega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,889 Americans. It ranked 9,661st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Delavega?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Delavega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Delavega getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,360 in 2010, up 27%.