How common is the surname Higuera?

4,238 people in the United States had the surname Higuera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Higuera getting more or less common?

More common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, up 34%.

The surname Higuera

A surname, carried by 4,238 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Higuera is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,238 people named Higuera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,159.

#7,812

rank among US surnames

4,238

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+34.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,442)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921

Who is named Higuera

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

88% of people named Higuera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
White (not Hispanic) 9.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Higuera

Hiser

Higuera has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Higuera?: 4,238 people in the United States had the surname Higuera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Higuera?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Higuera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Higuera getting more or less common?: More common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, up 34%.