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    The surname Delgado

    A Spanish surname, carried by 132,985 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D423

    Delgado: #221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Delgado #221, 132,985 people Delgado: #221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Delgado #221, 132,985 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delgado is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Delgado.

    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 132,985 people named Delgado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,322 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 98,675.

    #221
    rank among US surnames
    132,985
    people in 2010
    45
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.8%
    change since 2000 (was #282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #212Duncan135,1872,284
    #213Armstrong135,0442,286
    #214Hudson134,9632,288
    #215Carroll134,3172,299
    #216Lane134,2272,300
    #217Riley133,8722,306
    #218Andrews133,7992,308

    Who is named Delgado

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

    92% of people named Delgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Delgados

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • César Delgado
      Argentine footballer, born 1981
    • Marcelo Delgado
      Argentine footballer, born 1973
    • Mark Delgado
      American soccer player, born 1995
    • Antonio Delgado
      American politician (born 1977)
    • Frank Delgado
      American keyboardist (born 1970)
    • Milton Delgado
      Argentine footballer, born 2005
    • Alfonso Delgado Evers
      Argentinian priest, born 1942
    • Cyro Delgado
      Brazilian swimmer, born 1961
    • Emilio Delgado
      American actor (1940-2022)
    • Angelica Delgado
      American judoka, born 1990
    • José Luiz Majella Delgado
      Brazilian archbishop, born 1953

    Notable Delgados come mostly from the United States (5), Argentina (4) and Brazil (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Delgado

    Delgado has the Soundex code D423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D423.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Delgado come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Delgado.
    How common is the surname Delgado?
    132,985 people in the United States had the surname Delgado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,322 Americans. It ranked 221st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Delgado?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Delgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Delgado?
    César Delgado, Argentine footballer, followed by Marcelo Delgado.
    Where is the surname Delgado most common?
    Wikidata records people named Delgado in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
    Is the surname Delgado getting more or less common?
    More common. 98,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 132,985 in 2010, up 35%.