How common is the surname Olmos?

9,895 people in the United States had the surname Olmos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,202 Americans. It ranked 3,596th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Olmos?

Edward James Olmos, American actor, followed by Bodie Olmos.

Where is the surname Olmos most common?

Wikidata records people named Olmos in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Olmos getting more or less common?

More common. 6,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,895 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Olmos

A Spanish surname, carried by 9,895 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olmos is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Olmos.

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 9,895 people named Olmos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,202 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,985.

#3,596

rank among US surnames

9,895

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+41.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,644)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,587	Upchurch	9,922	31,117
#3,588	Wadsworth	9,912	31,149
#3,589	Partridge	9,909	31,158
#3,590	Osman	9,908	31,161
#3,592	Wirth	9,907	31,164
#3,593	Gilley	9,906	31,168
#3,594	Isbell	9,905	31,171

Who is named Olmos

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

94% of people named Olmos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Olmoss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward James Olmos
American actor, born 1947
Bodie Olmos
American actor, born 1975
Sabina Olmos
Argentinian actor, 1913–1999

Notable Olmoss come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Olmos

Olmos has the Soundex code O452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O452.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Olmos come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Olmos.
How common is the surname Olmos?: 9,895 people in the United States had the surname Olmos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,202 Americans. It ranked 3,596th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Olmos?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Olmos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Olmos?: Edward James Olmos, American actor, followed by Bodie Olmos.
Where is the surname Olmos most common?: Wikidata records people named Olmos in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Olmos getting more or less common?: More common. 6,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,895 in 2010, up 42%.