The surname Hinojosa
A Spanish place surname, carried by 26,146 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex H522
Origin
Spanish origin
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Hinojosa.
Hinojosa is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
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 26,146 people named Hinojosa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,809 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,228.
Who is named Hinojosa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Hinojosa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Hinojosas
2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Rubén HinojosaAmerican politician, born 1940
- Tish HinojosaAmerican singer-songwriter, born 1955
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Hinojoza
Surnames that sound like Hinojosa
Hinojosa has the Soundex code H522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H522.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hinojosa come from?
- Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Hinojosa.
- How common is the surname Hinojosa?
- 26,146 people in the United States had the surname Hinojosa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,809 Americans. It ranked 1,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hinojosa?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinojosa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Hinojosa?
- Rubén Hinojosa, American politician, followed by Tish Hinojosa.
- Where is the surname Hinojosa most common?
- Wikidata records people named Hinojosa in the United States.
- What type of surname is Hinojosa?
- Hinojosa is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Hinojosa getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,146 in 2010, up 23%.
- What are other spellings of Hinojosa?
- Hinojoza.