How common is the surname Najera?

18,340 people in the United States had the surname Najera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,835 Americans. It ranked 1,971st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Najera getting more or less common?

More common. 12,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,340 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Najera

A surname, carried by 18,340 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Najera is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,340 people named Najera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,835 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,270.

#1,971

rank among US surnames

18,340

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+49.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,698)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,962	McHugh	18,422	16,760
#1,963	Negron	18,413	16,768
#1,964	Cope	18,410	16,771
#1,965	Triplett	18,408	16,772
#1,966	Hathaway	18,401	16,779
#1,967	Salcedo	18,387	16,792
#1,968	Presley	18,384	16,794

Who is named Najera

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

95% of people named Najera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Najera

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

Questions

How common is the surname Najera?: 18,340 people in the United States had the surname Najera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,835 Americans. It ranked 1,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Najera?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Najera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Najera getting more or less common?: More common. 12,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,340 in 2010, up 50%.