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    The surname Escalera

    A surname, carried by 6,616 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex E246

    Escalera: #5,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Escalera #5,271, 6,616 people Escalera: #5,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Escalera #5,271, 6,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Escalera is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,616 people named Escalera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,666 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,822.

    #5,271
    rank among US surnames
    6,616
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,491)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,262Wessel6,63046,568
    #5,264Bowe6,62846,582
    #5,265Deese6,62646,596
    #5,266Maggard6,62546,603
    #5,267Felts6,62146,631
    #5,268Rife6,62046,638
    #5,269Cowell6,61846,652

    Who is named Escalera

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

    93% of people named Escalera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Escalera

    Escalera has the Soundex code E246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Escalera?
    6,616 people in the United States had the surname Escalera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,666 Americans. It ranked 5,271st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Escalera?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Escalera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Escalera getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,616 in 2010, up 37%.