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    The surname Malpica

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,174 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M412

    Malpica: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Malpica #22,069, 1,174 people Malpica: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Malpica #22,069, 1,174 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malpica is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Malpica.

    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 1,174 people named Malpica in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 762.

    #22,069
    rank among US surnames
    1,174
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +54.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,261)

    Who is named Malpica

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

    91% of people named Malpica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malpica

    Malpica has the Soundex code M412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M412.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malpica come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Malpica.
    How common is the surname Malpica?
    1,174 people in the United States had the surname Malpica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. It ranked 22,069th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malpica?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Malpica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Malpica getting more or less common?
    More common. 762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,174 in 2010, up 54%.