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    The surname Espinal

    A surname, carried by 15,924 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E215

    Espinal: #2,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Espinal #2,289, 15,924 people Espinal: #2,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Espinal #2,289, 15,924 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Espinal is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,924 people named Espinal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,389 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,534.

    #2,289
    rank among US surnames
    15,924
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +51.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,138)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,280Cleary15,98019,321
    #2,281Nugent15,97719,324
    #2,282Boudreaux15,97619,326
    #2,283Nickerson15,97019,333
    #2,284Sorenson15,96219,343
    #2,285Rowell15,95219,355
    #2,286Coats15,94319,366

    Who is named Espinal

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

    97% of people named Espinal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Espinal

    Espinal 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 Espinal?
    15,924 people in the United States had the surname Espinal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,389 Americans. It ranked 2,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Espinal?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Espinal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Espinal getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,924 in 2010, up 51%.