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    The surnameFlores

    A Spanish surname, the 40th most common in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F462

    Flores: #40 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Flores #40, 433,969 people Flores: #40 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Flores #40, 433,969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flores is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Flores, from flores (“flowers”).

    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 433,969 people named Flores in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 711 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 312,615.

    #40
    rank among US surnames
    433,969
    people in 2010
    147
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.8%
    change since 2000 (was #55)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #31Walker523,129590
    #32Young484,447637
    #33Allen482,607640
    #34King465,422663
    #35Wright458,980673
    #36Scott439,530702
    #37Torres437,813705

    Who is named Flores

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

    92% of people named Flores identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Floress

    20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Benjamin Flores Jr.
      American child actor, born 2002
    • Bill Flores
      American politician, born 1954
    • April Flores
      American pornographic actress, born 1976
    • Diego Flores
      Argentine chess player, born 1982
    • Eduardo Flores
      Argentine footballer, 1944–2022
    • Tricia Flores
      Belizean track and field athlete, born 1979
    • Wálter Flores
      Bolivian footballer, born 1978
    • Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
      Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian soldier, journalist, actor, and secret agent, 1960–2009
    • Rosie Flores
      American rockabilly and country music artist, born 1950
    • Marcos Flores
      Argentine footballer, born 1985
    • Cirilo Flores
      Bishop of San Diego, 1948–2014
    • Erika Flores
      American actress, born 1979

    Notable Floress come mostly from the United States (10), Argentina (3) and Bolivia (3).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Flores

    Flores has the Soundex code F462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F462.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Flores come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Flores, from flores (“flowers”).
    How common is the surname Flores?
    433,969 people in the United States had the surname Flores in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 711 Americans. It ranked 40th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flores?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Flores identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Flores?
    Benjamin Flores Jr., American child actor, followed by Bill Flores.