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    The surname Holguin

    A surname, carried by 16,090 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H425

    Holguin: #2,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Holguin #2,260, 16,090 people Holguin: #2,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holguin #2,260, 16,090 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holguin is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,090 people named Holguin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,189 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,039.

    #2,260
    rank among US surnames
    16,090
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,546)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,251Bynum16,16619,098
    #2,252Farias16,15319,114
    #2,253Brannon16,13619,134
    #2,254Cazares16,13419,136
    #2,255Brenner16,11419,160
    #2,256Ladd16,11219,162
    #2,257Willoughby16,11119,164

    Who is named Holguin

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

    92% of people named Holguin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Holguin

    Holguin has the Soundex code H425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Holguin?
    16,090 people in the United States had the surname Holguin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,189 Americans. It ranked 2,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holguin?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Holguin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Holguin getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,090 in 2010, up 23%.