The surname Ovando
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,631 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex O153
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Ovando.
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 1,631 people named Ovando in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. That is up 66% since 2000, when the Census counted 982.
Who is named Ovando
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Ovando identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ovando
Ovando has the Soundex code O153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O153.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ovando come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Ovando.
- How common is the surname Ovando?
- 1,631 people in the United States had the surname Ovando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. It ranked 17,331st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ovando?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ovando identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ovando getting more or less common?
- More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,631 in 2010, up 66%.