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    The surname Henriquez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 15,657 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H562

    Henriquez: #2,329 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Henriquez #2,329, 15,657 people Henriquez: #2,329 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Henriquez #2,329, 15,657 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henriquez is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Henríquez, variant of Enríquez.

    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 15,657 people named Henriquez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,719 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,824.

    #2,329
    rank among US surnames
    15,657
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,337)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,320Busby15,75419,598
    #2,321Hillman15,73819,618
    #2,322Cornett15,73319,624
    #2,323Burr15,70319,662
    #2,324Luu15,70219,663
    #2,325Mosher15,67219,700
    #2,326Coley15,67119,702

    Who is named Henriquez

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

    94% of people named Henriquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Henriquezs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cristina Henríquez
      American writer, born 1977
    • Denis Henriquez
      Aruban writer, born 1945

    Notable Henriquezs come mostly from the United States (1) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Henriquez

    Henriquez has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Henriquez come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Henríquez, variant of Enríquez.
    How common is the surname Henriquez?
    15,657 people in the United States had the surname Henriquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,719 Americans. It ranked 2,329th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Henriquez?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Henriquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Henriquez?
    Cristina Henríquez, American writer, followed by Denis Henriquez.
    Where is the surname Henriquez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Henriquez in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    Is the surname Henriquez getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,657 in 2010, up 59%.