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    The surname Escalante

    A Spanish surname, carried by 20,626 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex E245

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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). Escalante is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Escalante.

    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 20,626 people named Escalante in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,969 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,032.

    #1,736
    rank among US surnames
    20,626
    people in 2010
    7.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47%
    change since 2000 (was #2,365)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,727Crump20,73714,889
    #1,728Jorgensen20,73114,893
    #1,729Maurer20,70714,910
    #1,730Kearney20,70614,911
    #1,731Cummins20,70514,912
    #1,732Milton20,70314,913
    #1,734Timmons20,67114,936

    Who is named Escalante

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

    90% of people named Escalante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Escalantes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gonzalo Escalante
      Argentinian association football player, born 1993
    • Francis Escalante Molina
      Apostolic Nuncio, born 1965

    Notable Escalantes come mostly from Argentina (1) and Venezuela (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Escalante

    Escalante has the Soundex code E245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E245.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Escalante come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Escalante.
    How common is the surname Escalante?
    20,626 people in the United States had the surname Escalante in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,969 Americans. It ranked 1,736th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Escalante?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Escalante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Escalante?
    Gonzalo Escalante, Argentinian association football player, followed by Francis Escalante Molina.
    Where is the surname Escalante most common?
    Wikidata records people named Escalante in Argentina and Venezuela.
    Is the surname Escalante getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,626 in 2010, up 47%.