How common is the surname Obando?

3,404 people in the United States had the surname Obando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,701 Americans. It ranked 9,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Obando getting more or less common?

More common. 2,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,404 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Obando

A surname, carried by 3,404 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O153

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Obando is more common than 94.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,404 people named Obando in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,701 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,400.

#9,551

rank among US surnames

3,404

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+41.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,943)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781

Who is named Obando

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

90% of people named Obando identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Obando

Ovando

Obando has the Soundex code O153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O153.

Questions

How common is the surname Obando?: 3,404 people in the United States had the surname Obando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,701 Americans. It ranked 9,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Obando?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Obando identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Obando getting more or less common?: More common. 2,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,404 in 2010, up 42%.