How common is the surname Mejorado?

1,307 people in the United States had the surname Mejorado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,225 Americans. It ranked 20,336th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mejorado getting more or less common?

More common. 1,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,307 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Mejorado

A surname, carried by 1,307 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mejorado is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,307 people named Mejorado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,225 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,048.

#20,336

rank among US surnames

1,307

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+24.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,821)

Who is named Mejorado

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

93% of people named Mejorado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Mejorado?: 1,307 people in the United States had the surname Mejorado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,225 Americans. It ranked 20,336th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mejorado?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mejorado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mejorado getting more or less common?: More common. 1,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,307 in 2010, up 25%.