# Florida (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/florida/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 742 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,251 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 416,099 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (724 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfloɹɪdə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers, from Latin floridus. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Florida in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 13% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Florida in the United States.

## People named Florida

- Richard Florida, American urban studies theorist

## Similar surnames

Flaherty, Fullerton, Fluharty, Fullard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.