The surname Onate
A Spanish place surname, carried by 1,838 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O530
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Oñate, Basque habitational surname from the town of Oñati.
Onate is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
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 1,838 people named Onate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,979 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,227.
Who is named Onate
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Onate identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 6.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Two or more races 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Onate come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Oñate, Basque habitational surname from the town of Oñati.
- How common is the surname Onate?
- 1,838 people in the United States had the surname Onate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,979 Americans. It ranked 15,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Onate?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Onate identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- What type of surname is Onate?
- Onate is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Onate getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,838 in 2010, up 50%.