How common is the surname Mosqueda?

9,709 people in the United States had the surname Mosqueda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. It ranked 3,668th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mosqueda?

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, American basketball player (born 1993).

Where is the surname Mosqueda most common?

Wikidata records people named Mosqueda in the United States.

Is the surname Mosqueda getting more or less common?

More common. 6,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,709 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Mosqueda

A Spanish surname, carried by 9,709 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M230

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

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Mosqueda; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

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 9,709 people named Mosqueda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,739.

#3,668

rank among US surnames

9,709

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+44.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,786)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,659	Ledezma	9,721	31,761
#3,660	Binder	9,720	31,764
#3,662	Xie	9,716	31,777
#3,663	Kelleher	9,714	31,784
#3,664	Counts	9,713	31,787
#3,665	Mancuso	9,711	31,793
#3,666	Colson	9,710	31,797

Who is named Mosqueda

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

93% of people named Mosqueda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Mosquedas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
American basketball player (born 1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mozqueda

Surnames that sound like Mosqueda

Mosqueda has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mosqueda come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Mosqueda; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
How common is the surname Mosqueda?: 9,709 people in the United States had the surname Mosqueda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. It ranked 3,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mosqueda?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mosqueda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mosqueda?: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, American basketball player (born 1993).
Where is the surname Mosqueda most common?: Wikidata records people named Mosqueda in the United States.
Is the surname Mosqueda getting more or less common?: More common. 6,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,709 in 2010, up 44%.
What are other spellings of Mosqueda?: Mozqueda.