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    The surname Larrea

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 1,468 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L600

    Larrea: #18,715 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Larrea #18,715, 1,468 people Larrea: #18,715 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Larrea #18,715, 1,468 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Larrea is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Larrea, a habitational surname from Basque.

    Larrea 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 1,468 people named Larrea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

    #18,715
    rank among US surnames
    1,468
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,590)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,715Larrea1,468210,317
    #18,724Clyne1,467210,460

    Who is named Larrea

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

    85% of people named Larrea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Larreas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juan Larrea
      Argentine politician, 1782–1847

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Larrea

    Larrea has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Larrea come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Larrea, a habitational surname from Basque.
    How common is the surname Larrea?
    1,468 people in the United States had the surname Larrea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. It ranked 18,715th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Larrea?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Larrea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Larrea?
    Juan Larrea, Argentine politician.
    Where is the surname Larrea most common?
    Wikidata records people named Larrea in Spain.
    What type of surname is Larrea?
    Larrea is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Larrea getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,468 in 2010, up 30%.