How common is the surname Maldonado?

121,526 people in the United States had the surname Maldonado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,541 Americans. It ranked 249th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Maldonado?

Raul Maldonado, Argentine association football player, followed by Tomás Maldonado.

Where is the surname Maldonado most common?

Wikidata records people named Maldonado in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Maldonado getting more or less common?

More common. 88,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 121,526 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Maldonado

A Spanish surname, carried by 121,526 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maldonado is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Maldonado.

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 121,526 people named Maldonado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,541 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 88,016.

#249

rank among US surnames

121,526

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+38.1%

change since 2000 (was #316)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#240	Watkins	127,083	2,429
#241	Greene	126,101	2,448
#242	Nunez	125,350	2,463
#243	Wheeler	125,058	2,469
#244	Valdez	124,995	2,470
#245	Harper	124,461	2,481
#246	Burke	122,877	2,513

Who is named Maldonado

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

94% of people named Maldonado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Maldonados

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raul Maldonado
Argentine association football player, born 1975
Tomás Maldonado
Argentine painter, graphic designer, teacher (1922-2018)
Kirstin Maldonado
American singer, born 1992
Benjamín Maldonado
Bolivian footballer, born 1928
Orlando Maldonado
Boxer, born 1959
Leiomy Maldonado
American dancer and choreographer, born 1987
Alana Maldonado
Brazilian judoka (1995-)
Abel Maldonado
American politician, born 1967
Joe Exotic
American zoo operator, internet personality, and musician, born 1963
Richie Ray
American musician, born 1945

Notable Maldonados come mostly from the United States (6), Argentina (2) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maldonado

Malton

Maldonado has the Soundex code M435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M435.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maldonado come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Maldonado.
How common is the surname Maldonado?: 121,526 people in the United States had the surname Maldonado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,541 Americans. It ranked 249th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maldonado?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maldonado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Maldonado?: Raul Maldonado, Argentine association football player, followed by Tomás Maldonado.
Where is the surname Maldonado most common?: Wikidata records people named Maldonado in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Maldonado getting more or less common?: More common. 88,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 121,526 in 2010, up 38%.