The surname Mojica
A surname, carried by 14,737 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M220
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 14,737 people named Mojica in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,950 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,803.
Who is named Mojica
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Mojica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.2%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Two or more races 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Mojicas
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gualberto Mojica “El Cuernudo”Bolivian association football player, born 1984
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mojica
Mojica has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.
Questions
- How common is the surname Mojica?
- 14,737 people in the United States had the surname Mojica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,950 Americans. It ranked 2,450th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mojica?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mojica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Who is the most famous person named Mojica?
- Gualberto Mojica “El Cuernudo”, Bolivian association football player.
- Where is the surname Mojica most common?
- Wikidata records people named Mojica in Bolivia.
- Is the surname Mojica getting more or less common?
- More common. 10,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,737 in 2010, up 36%.