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    The surname Oropesa

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 591 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O612

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oropesa is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.

    Oropesa 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 591 people named Oropesa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 515.

    #37,646
    rank among US surnames
    591
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #40,083)

    Who is named Oropesa

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

    84% of people named Oropesa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oropesa

    Oropesa has the Soundex code O612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O612.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oropesa come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Oropesa?
    591 people in the United States had the surname Oropesa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. It ranked 37,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oropesa?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Oropesa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Oropesa?
    Oropesa is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Oropesa getting more or less common?
    More common. 515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 591 in 2010, up 15%.