The surname Licona
A Spanish surname, carried by 2,132 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex L250
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Licona, Castilianized form of Basque Likona.
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 2,132 people named Licona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. That is up 102% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,055.
Who is named Licona
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Licona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Licona has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Licona come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Licona, Castilianized form of Basque Likona.
- How common is the surname Licona?
- 2,132 people in the United States had the surname Licona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Licona?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Licona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Licona getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 102%.