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    The surname Espada

    A surname, carried by 2,245 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E213

    Espada: #13,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Espada #13,509, 2,245 people Espada: #13,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Espada #13,509, 2,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Espada is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,245 people named Espada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,730.

    #13,509
    rank among US surnames
    2,245
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,524)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,502Nehring2,248137,342
    #13,505Fewell2,247137,403
    #13,506Dekker2,246137,465
    #13,509Klepper2,245137,526
    #13,517Amico2,244137,587

    Who is named Espada

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

    90% of people named Espada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Espada

    Espada has the Soundex code E213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E213.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Espada?
    2,245 people in the United States had the surname Espada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Espada?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Espada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Espada getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 30%.