How common is the surname Ledezma?

9,721 people in the United States had the surname Ledezma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,761 Americans. It ranked 3,659th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ledezma getting more or less common?

More common. 6,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,721 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Ledezma

A surname, carried by 9,721 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ledezma is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,721 people named Ledezma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,761 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,512.

#3,659

rank among US surnames

9,721

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+49.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,650	Majors	9,747	31,676
#3,651	Card	9,742	31,692
#3,653	Latimer	9,733	31,722
#3,654	Cha	9,732	31,725
#3,655	Melo	9,731	31,728
#3,656	Keaton	9,723	31,754
#3,657	Handley	9,722	31,757

Who is named Ledezma

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

97% of people named Ledezma identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
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 Ledezma

Ledesma

Ledezma has the Soundex code L325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L325.

Questions

How common is the surname Ledezma?: 9,721 people in the United States had the surname Ledezma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,761 Americans. It ranked 3,659th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ledezma?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ledezma identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ledezma getting more or less common?: More common. 6,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,721 in 2010, up 49%.