The surname Escalona
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,055 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex E245
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish, a common surname in Venezuela, Mexico, and the Philippines.
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 3,055 people named Escalona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,062 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,009.
Who is named Escalona
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Escalona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- 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 Escalona
Escalona has the Soundex code E245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E245.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Escalona come from?
- From Spanish, a common surname in Venezuela, Mexico, and the Philippines.
- How common is the surname Escalona?
- 3,055 people in the United States had the surname Escalona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,062 Americans. It ranked 10,505th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Escalona?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Escalona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Escalona getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,055 in 2010, up 52%.