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    The surname Ojo

    A surname, carried by 1,378 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O200

    Ojo: #19,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ojo #19,581, 1,378 people Ojo: #19,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ojo #19,581, 1,378 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ojo is more common than 87.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,378 people named Ojo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. That is up 109% since 2000, when the Census counted 661.

    #19,581
    rank among US surnames
    1,378
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +108.5%
    change since 2000 (was #32,743)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,581Maclaren1,378224,053
    #19,590Kaczynski1,377224,216

    Who is named Ojo

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

    94% of people named Ojo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ojo

    Ojo has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ojo?
    1,378 people in the United States had the surname Ojo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. It ranked 19,581st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ojo?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ojo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ojo getting more or less common?
    More common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,378 in 2010, up 109%.