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    The surname Estrella

    A Spanish surname, carried by 13,758 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E236

    Estrella: #2,618 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Estrella #2,618, 13,758 people Estrella: #2,618 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Estrella #2,618, 13,758 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Estrella is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Estrella.

    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 13,758 people named Estrella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,441 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,167.

    #2,618
    rank among US surnames
    13,758
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,221)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,609Hamby13,82322,336
    #2,610Callaway13,81922,342
    #2,611Ellsworth13,81322,352
    #2,612Mathew13,80822,360
    #2,613Lovelace13,78722,394
    #2,614Valles13,77722,410
    #2,615Weller13,77422,415

    Who is named Estrella

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

    80% of people named Estrella identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Estrellas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Miguel Ángel Estrella
      Argentine pianist (1940–2022)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Estrella

    Estrella has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Estrella come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Estrella.
    How common is the surname Estrella?
    13,758 people in the United States had the surname Estrella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,441 Americans. It ranked 2,618th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Estrella?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Estrella identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Estrella?
    Miguel Ángel Estrella, Argentine pianist (1940–2022).
    Where is the surname Estrella most common?
    Wikidata records people named Estrella in France.
    Is the surname Estrella getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,758 in 2010, up 35%.