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    The surname Najarro

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 1,331 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N260

    Najarro: #20,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Najarro #20,076, 1,331 people Najarro: #20,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Najarro #20,076, 1,331 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Najarro is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Najarro.

    Najarro is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,331 people named Najarro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,965 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,014.

    #20,076
    rank among US surnames
    1,331
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,391)

    Who is named Najarro

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

    93% of people named Najarro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Najarro

    Najarro has the Soundex code N260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N260.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Najarro come from?
    Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Najarro.
    How common is the surname Najarro?
    1,331 people in the United States had the surname Najarro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,965 Americans. It ranked 20,076th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Najarro?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Najarro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Najarro?
    Najarro is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Najarro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,331 in 2010, up 31%.