How common is the surname Esparza?

42,559 people in the United States had the surname Esparza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,255 Americans. It ranked 816th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Esparza?

Raúl Esparza, American actor, followed by Marlen Esparza.

Where is the surname Esparza most common?

Wikidata records people named Esparza in the United States and Ecuador.

Is the surname Esparza getting more or less common?

More common. 32,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,559 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Esparza

A Spanish place surname, carried by 42,559 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esparza is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Esparza, a habitational surname from Basque Espartza.

Esparza is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 42,559 people named Esparza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,255 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,772.

#816

rank among US surnames

42,559

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+29.9%

change since 2000 (was #971)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#807	Hull	43,018	7,177
#808	Duarte	42,983	7,183
#809	Ellison	42,827	7,209
#810	Nielsen	42,773	7,218
#811	Gillespie	42,693	7,232
#812	Buck	42,639	7,241
#813	Middleton	42,578	7,251

Who is named Esparza

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

94% of people named Esparza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or more races 0.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Esparzas

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raúl Esparza
American actor, born 1970
Marlen Esparza
American boxer, born 1989
Carla Esparza
American mixed martial artist, born 1987
Audrey Esparza
American actress, born 1986

Notable Esparzas come mostly from the United States (3) and Ecuador (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Esparza

Esparza has the Soundex code E216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E216.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Esparza come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Esparza, a habitational surname from Basque Espartza.
How common is the surname Esparza?: 42,559 people in the United States had the surname Esparza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,255 Americans. It ranked 816th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Esparza?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Esparza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Esparza?: Raúl Esparza, American actor, followed by Marlen Esparza.
Where is the surname Esparza most common?: Wikidata records people named Esparza in the United States and Ecuador.
What type of surname is Esparza?: Esparza is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Esparza getting more or less common?: More common. 32,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,559 in 2010, up 30%.