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The surname Lagunas

A surname, carried by 7,080 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L252

Lagunas: #4,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lagunas #4,966, 7,080 people Lagunas: #4,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lagunas #4,966, 7,080 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lagunas is more common than 96.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,080 people named Lagunas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,608 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,651.

#4,966
rank among US surnames
7,080
people in 2010
2.4
per 100,000 Americans
+52.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,700)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,963Feller7,08543,577
#4,964Palomares7,08443,584
#4,965Oropeza7,08243,596
#4,966Lagunas7,08043,608

Who is named Lagunas

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

96% of people named Lagunas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Two or more races 0.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lagunas

Lagunas has the Soundex code L252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L252.

Questions

How common is the surname Lagunas?
7,080 people in the United States had the surname Lagunas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,608 Americans. It ranked 4,966th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lagunas?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lagunas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lagunas getting more or less common?
More common. 4,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,080 in 2010, up 52%.