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    The surname Esquivel

    A Spanish surname, carried by 37,578 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E214

    Esquivel: #925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Esquivel #925, 37,578 people Esquivel: #925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Esquivel #925, 37,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esquivel is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Esquivel, Castilianized form of Basque Ezkibel.

    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 37,578 people named Esquivel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,216 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,301.

    #925
    rank among US surnames
    37,578
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.9%
    change since 2000 (was #1,220)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #916Crane37,8708,153
    #917Haley37,8588,155
    #918Phan37,8368,160
    #919Villalobos37,7548,178
    #920Blanchard37,6958,191
    #921Horne37,6898,192
    #922Finley37,6728,196

    Who is named Esquivel

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

    95% of people named Esquivel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Esquivels

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Manuel Esquivel
      Belizean politician (1940–2022)
    • Laura Esquivel
      Argentine actress and singer, born 1994

    Notable Esquivels come mostly from Belize (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Esquivel

    Esquivel has the Soundex code E214, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E214.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Esquivel come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Esquivel, Castilianized form of Basque Ezkibel.
    How common is the surname Esquivel?
    37,578 people in the United States had the surname Esquivel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,216 Americans. It ranked 925th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Esquivel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Esquivel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Esquivel?
    Manuel Esquivel, Belizean politician (1940–2022), followed by Laura Esquivel.
    Where is the surname Esquivel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Esquivel in Belize and Argentina.
    Is the surname Esquivel getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,578 in 2010, up 43%.