The surname Esqueda
A Spanish surname, carried by 5,773 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex E230
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Esqueda.
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 5,773 people named Esqueda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,481 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,360.
Who is named Esqueda
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Esqueda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Esqueda
Esqueda has the Soundex code E230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E230.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Esqueda come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Esqueda.
- How common is the surname Esqueda?
- 5,773 people in the United States had the surname Esqueda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,481 Americans. It ranked 5,963rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Esqueda?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Esqueda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Esqueda getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,773 in 2010, up 32%.