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The surname Laguna

A surname, carried by 5,633 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L250

Laguna: #6,088 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laguna #6,088, 5,633 people Laguna: #6,088 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laguna #6,088, 5,633 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laguna is more common than 96.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,633 people named Laguna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,810 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,906.

#6,088
rank among US surnames
5,633
people in 2010
1.9
per 100,000 Americans
+44.2%
change since 2000 (was #7,858)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,083Koon5,63854,762
#6,084Kwong5,63754,771
#6,087Hollinger5,63454,800
#6,088Laguna5,63354,810
#6,091Worsham5,63154,830
#6,093Tolson5,63054,839

Who is named Laguna

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

85% of people named Laguna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
  • White (not Hispanic) 11%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laguna

Laguna has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Questions

How common is the surname Laguna?
5,633 people in the United States had the surname Laguna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,810 Americans. It ranked 6,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laguna?
In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Laguna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Laguna getting more or less common?
More common. 3,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,633 in 2010, up 44%.