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    The surname Florez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 10,570 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F462

    Florez: #3,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Florez #3,377, 10,570 people Florez: #3,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Florez #3,377, 10,570 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Florez is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Flórez, Latin American Spanish spelling variant of Flores.

    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 10,570 people named Florez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,210 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,775.

    #3,377
    rank among US surnames
    10,570
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,709)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,368Galarza10,60129,124
    #3,369Wenger10,59629,138
    #3,370Zeller10,59529,141
    #3,371Carbone10,59129,152
    #3,372Maxey10,58429,171
    #3,373Narvaez10,57929,185
    #3,374Peng10,57529,196

    Who is named Florez

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

    88% of people named Florez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Florezs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joey Florez
      American scholar and cultural critic, born 1993
    • Fátima Flórez
      Argentine actress, born 1978

    Notable Florezs come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Florez

    Florez 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 Florez come from?
    From Spanish Flórez, Latin American Spanish spelling variant of Flores.
    How common is the surname Florez?
    10,570 people in the United States had the surname Florez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,210 Americans. It ranked 3,377th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Florez?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Florez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Florez?
    Joey Florez, American scholar and cultural critic, followed by Fátima Flórez.
    Where is the surname Florez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Florez in the United States and Argentina.
    Is the surname Florez getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,570 in 2010, up 21%.