How common is the surname Mayorga?

9,659 people in the United States had the surname Mayorga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,965 Americans. It ranked 3,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mayorga?

Roy Mayorga, American drummer, followed by Miriam Mayorga.

Where is the surname Mayorga most common?

Wikidata records people named Mayorga in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Mayorga getting more or less common?

More common. 6,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,659 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Mayorga

A surname, carried by 9,659 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayorga is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,659 people named Mayorga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,965 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,864.

#3,679

rank among US surnames

9,659

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+40.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,726)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,674	Legg	9,671	31,925
#3,676	Harder	9,665	31,945
#3,677	Bohannon	9,663	31,951
#3,679	Willson	9,659	31,965

Who is named Mayorga

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

94% of people named Mayorga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Mayorgas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Mayorga
American drummer, born 1970
Miriam Mayorga
Argentine footballer, born 1989

Notable Mayorgas come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mayorga

Mayorga has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

How common is the surname Mayorga?: 9,659 people in the United States had the surname Mayorga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,965 Americans. It ranked 3,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayorga?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mayorga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mayorga?: Roy Mayorga, American drummer, followed by Miriam Mayorga.
Where is the surname Mayorga most common?: Wikidata records people named Mayorga in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Mayorga getting more or less common?: More common. 6,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,659 in 2010, up 41%.