The surname Olmeda
A Spanish surname, carried by 2,298 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex O453
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Olmeda.
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 2,298 people named Olmeda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,855.
Who is named Olmeda
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Olmeda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Olmeda
Olmeda has the Soundex code O453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O453.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Olmeda come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Olmeda.
- How common is the surname Olmeda?
- 2,298 people in the United States had the surname Olmeda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. It ranked 13,271st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Olmeda?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Olmeda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Olmeda getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,298 in 2010, up 24%.