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The surname Encinas

A surname, carried by 4,369 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E525

Encinas: #7,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Encinas #7,609, 4,369 people Encinas: #7,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Encinas #7,609, 4,369 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Encinas is more common than 95.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,369 people named Encinas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,667 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,630.

#7,609
rank among US surnames
4,369
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
+20.4%
change since 2000 (was #8,371)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,601Bachmann4,37270,619
#7,605Smedley4,37170,635
#7,607Go4,37070,651
#7,609Minnich4,36970,667
#7,612Urbano4,36870,684
#7,613Saito4,36770,700

Who is named Encinas

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

87% of people named Encinas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
  • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Encinas

Encinas has the Soundex code E525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E525.

Questions

How common is the surname Encinas?
4,369 people in the United States had the surname Encinas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,667 Americans. It ranked 7,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Encinas?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Encinas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Encinas getting more or less common?
More common. 3,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,369 in 2010, up 20%.