# Llera (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/llera/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 517 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,030 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 597,187 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (398 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Llera, a habitational surname from various places in Spain, from llera (“pebbly or stony area”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Llera in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 84% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Loera, Luera, Lara, Lowery, Lowry, Leary, Lira, Larue, Lauer, Lor, Leroy, Lear.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.