The surname Escarcega
A Spanish surname, carried by 2,363 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex E262
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Escárcega, a variant of Escarzaga, a surname of Basque origin.
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 2,363 people named Escarcega in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,739.
Who is named Escarcega
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Escarcega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Two or more races 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Escarsega
Surnames that sound like Escarcega
Escarcega has the Soundex code E262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E262.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Escarcega come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Escárcega, a variant of Escarzaga, a surname of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Escarcega?
- 2,363 people in the United States had the surname Escarcega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. It ranked 12,994th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Escarcega?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Escarcega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Escarcega getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,363 in 2010, up 36%.
- What are other spellings of Escarcega?
- Escarsega.