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    The surname Evangelista

    A Spanish surname, carried by 8,964 people in the United States.

    5 syllables Soundex E152

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evangelista is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Evangélista, from evangélista (“evangelist”).

    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 8,964 people named Evangelista in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,443 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,871.

    #3,967
    rank among US surnames
    8,964
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,720)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,958Sevilla8,98034,381
    #3,959Pollack8,97734,393
    #3,960Ridgeway8,97534,401
    #3,961Bourque8,97334,408
    #3,962Wilks8,97234,412
    #3,964Jankowski8,97034,420
    #3,965Simonson8,96834,427

    Who is named Evangelista

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

    35% of people named Evangelista identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Evangelistas

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christine Evangelista
      American actress, born 1986
    • Lucas Evangelista
      Brazilian footballer, born 1995
    • Reynaldo Evangelista
      5th Bishop of Imus, born 1960
    • Lyanco
      Brazilian association football player, born 1997

    Notable Evangelistas come mostly from Brazil (2), the United States (1) and the Philippines (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Evangelista

    Evangelista has the Soundex code E152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E152.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Evangelista come from?
    From Spanish Evangélista, from evangélista (“evangelist”).
    How common is the surname Evangelista?
    8,964 people in the United States had the surname Evangelista in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,443 Americans. It ranked 3,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Evangelista?
    In the 2010 Census, 35% of people named Evangelista identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Evangelista?
    Christine Evangelista, American actress, followed by Lucas Evangelista.
    Where is the surname Evangelista most common?
    Wikidata records people named Evangelista in Brazil, the United States and the Philippines.
    Is the surname Evangelista getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,964 in 2010, up 31%.