The surname Oropeza
A Spanish surname, carried by 7,082 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex O612
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Oropeza.
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 7,082 people named Oropeza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,596 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,015.
Who is named Oropeza
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Oropeza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Oropeza
Oropeza has the Soundex code O612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O612.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Oropeza come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Oropeza.
- How common is the surname Oropeza?
- 7,082 people in the United States had the surname Oropeza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,596 Americans. It ranked 4,965th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oropeza?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Oropeza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Oropeza getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,082 in 2010, up 41%.