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    The surname Guereca

    A surname, carried by 1,417 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G620

    Guereca: #19,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Guereca #19,166, 1,417 people Guereca: #19,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Guereca #19,166, 1,417 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guereca is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,417 people named Guereca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 999.

    #19,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,417
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,657)

    Who is named Guereca

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

    96% of people named Guereca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Guereca

    Guereca has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Guereca?
    1,417 people in the United States had the surname Guereca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Guereca?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Guereca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Guereca getting more or less common?
    More common. 999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, up 42%.