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    The surname Loera

    A surname, carried by 13,218 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Loera: #2,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Loera #2,726, 13,218 people Loera: #2,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loera #2,726, 13,218 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loera is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant in spelling of Luera

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,218 people named Loera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,358 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,459.

    #2,726
    rank among US surnames
    13,218
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,717Archuleta13,24823,305
    #2,719Seaman13,23723,324
    #2,720Myrick13,23623,326
    #2,721Kwon13,23523,328
    #2,722Byler13,23023,337
    #2,723Herrmann13,22623,344
    #2,724Yoo13,22523,346

    Who is named Loera

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

    95% of people named Loera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loera

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Loera come from?
    Variant in spelling of Luera
    How common is the surname Loera?
    13,218 people in the United States had the surname Loera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,358 Americans. It ranked 2,726th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loera?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Loera getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,218 in 2010, up 40%.