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    The surname Elizondo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 15,419 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex E425

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elizondo is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Elizondo, from Basque.

    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 15,419 people named Elizondo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,024 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,183.

    #2,365
    rank among US surnames
    15,419
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,711)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,356Dow15,47219,955
    #2,357Carlos15,46219,968
    #2,358Antonio15,46119,969
    #2,359McKinnon15,45019,984
    #2,360Tabor15,44519,990
    #2,361Tinsley15,44219,994
    #2,363Dawkins15,43120,008

    Who is named Elizondo

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

    93% of people named Elizondo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Elizondos

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Héctor Elizondo
      American actor, born 1936
    • Horacio Elizondo
      Argentine football referee, born 1963
    • Mike Elizondo
      American musician and record producer, born 1972
    • Humberto Elizondo
      Actor, born 1947
    • Javier Elizondo
      Argentine footballer, born 1982

    Notable Elizondos come mostly from the United States (2), Argentina (2) and Mexico (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Elizondo

    Elizondo has the Soundex code E425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E425.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Elizondo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Elizondo, from Basque.
    How common is the surname Elizondo?
    15,419 people in the United States had the surname Elizondo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,024 Americans. It ranked 2,365th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elizondo?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Elizondo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Elizondo?
    Héctor Elizondo, American actor, followed by Horacio Elizondo.
    Where is the surname Elizondo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Elizondo in the United States, Argentina and Mexico.
    Is the surname Elizondo getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,419 in 2010, up 27%.