The surname Gongora
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,205 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G526
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Góngora, itself of Basque origin.
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 3,205 people named Gongora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,340.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #10,041 | Caster | 3,208 | 96,242 |
| #10,044 | Lieb | 3,207 | 96,272 |
| #10,046 | Pound | 3,206 | 96,302 |
| #10,050 | Dasher | 3,205 | 96,332 |
| #10,059 | Wesolowski | 3,204 | 96,363 |
Who is named Gongora
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Gongora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 10%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Gongora has the Soundex code G526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G526.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Gongora come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Góngora, itself of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Gongora?
- 3,205 people in the United States had the surname Gongora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gongora?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gongora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gongora getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, up 37%.