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    The surname Espana

    A surname, carried by 4,127 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E215

    Espana: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Espana #8,019, 4,127 people Espana: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Espana #8,019, 4,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Espana is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,127 people named Espana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,501.

    #8,019
    rank among US surnames
    4,127
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +65%
    change since 2000 (was #11,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757
    #8,013Seeger4,12974,775
    #8,016Kaul4,12874,793
    #8,019Pawlak4,12774,811
    #8,023Markel4,12674,829
    #8,027Polson4,12574,847
    #8,028Giffin4,12474,866

    Who is named Espana

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

    88% of people named Espana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Espana

    Espana has the Soundex code E215, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E215.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Espana?
    4,127 people in the United States had the surname Espana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. It ranked 8,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Espana?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Espana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Espana getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,127 in 2010, up 65%.