How common is the surname Lorenzana?

2,492 people in the United States had the surname Lorenzana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. It ranked 12,454th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lorenzana getting more or less common?

More common. 1,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,492 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Lorenzana

A surname, carried by 2,492 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lorenzana is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

From Spanish, of Galician origin. A common Guatemalan, Mexican, and Filipino surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,492 people named Lorenzana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,797.

#12,454

rank among US surnames

2,492

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+38.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,061)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944

Who is named Lorenzana

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

82% of people named Lorenzana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lorenzana

Lorenzana has the Soundex code L652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L652.

Questions

Where does the surname Lorenzana come from?: From Spanish, of Galician origin. A common Guatemalan, Mexican, and Filipino surname.
How common is the surname Lorenzana?: 2,492 people in the United States had the surname Lorenzana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. It ranked 12,454th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lorenzana?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Lorenzana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Lorenzana getting more or less common?: More common. 1,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,492 in 2010, up 39%.