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    The surname Heredia

    A Spanish surname, carried by 17,506 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex H630

    Heredia: #2,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Heredia #2,061, 17,506 people Heredia: #2,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heredia #2,061, 17,506 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heredia is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, 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 17,506 people named Heredia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,637 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,703.

    #2,061
    rank among US surnames
    17,506
    people in 2010
    5.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,615)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,052Hope17,56217,580
    #2,053Begay17,55317,589
    #2,054Argueta17,54017,602
    #2,055Granger17,53917,603
    #2,056Grover17,53417,608
    #2,057Michaels17,52817,614
    #2,058Champion17,52717,615

    Who is named Heredia

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

    94% of people named Heredia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Heredias

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ramón Heredia
      Argentine association football player, born 1951
    • Victor Heredia
      Argentine singer/songwriter, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Heredia

    Heredia has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heredia come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Heredia?
    17,506 people in the United States had the surname Heredia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,637 Americans. It ranked 2,061st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heredia?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heredia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Heredia?
    Ramón Heredia, Argentine association football player, followed by Victor Heredia.
    Where is the surname Heredia most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heredia in Argentina.
    Is the surname Heredia getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,506 in 2010, up 38%.