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    The surname Madera

    A surname, carried by 9,583 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M360

    Madera: #3,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Madera #3,705, 9,583 people Madera: #3,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Madera #3,705, 9,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Madera is more common than 97.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,583 people named Madera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,218 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,160.

    #3,705
    rank among US surnames
    9,583
    people in 2010
    3.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,549)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,701Bivens9,60332,151
    #3,702Frick9,59732,171
    #3,704Ong9,58432,215
    #3,705Madera9,58332,218

    Who is named Madera

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

    83% of people named Madera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Maderas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hemky Madera
      American actor, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Madera

    Madera has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Madera?
    9,583 people in the United States had the surname Madera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,218 Americans. It ranked 3,705th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Madera?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Madera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Madera?
    Hemky Madera, American actor.
    Where is the surname Madera most common?
    Wikidata records people named Madera in the United States.
    Is the surname Madera getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,583 in 2010, up 34%.