How common is the surname Duenas?

13,736 people in the United States had the surname Duenas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,477 Americans. It ranked 2,627th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Duenas getting more or less common?

More common. 9,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,736 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Duenas

A Spanish surname, carried by 13,736 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duenas is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Anglicization of Spanish Dueñas

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 13,736 people named Duenas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,477 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,976.

#2,627

rank among US surnames

13,736

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+37.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,297)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,618	Estrella	13,758	22,441
#2,619	Tharp	13,757	22,443
#2,620	Parrott	13,753	22,449
#2,621	Christy	13,750	22,454
#2,622	Singletary	13,749	22,456
#2,623	Mateo	13,746	22,461
#2,624	Gunderson	13,742	22,467

Who is named Duenas

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

86% of people named Duenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.5%
White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Duenas

Duenas has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Duenas come from?: Anglicization of Spanish Dueñas
How common is the surname Duenas?: 13,736 people in the United States had the surname Duenas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,477 Americans. It ranked 2,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Duenas?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Duenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Duenas getting more or less common?: More common. 9,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,736 in 2010, up 38%.