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    The surname Pantoja

    A Spanish surname, carried by 15,249 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P532

    Pantoja: #2,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pantoja #2,383, 15,249 people Pantoja: #2,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pantoja #2,383, 15,249 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pantoja is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Pantoja.

    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 15,249 people named Pantoja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,247 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,507.

    #2,383
    rank among US surnames
    15,249
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,148)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,374Bartholomew15,33920,128
    #2,375Hinds15,33720,131
    #2,376Call15,32420,148
    #2,377Dowell15,32020,153
    #2,378Kellogg15,31720,157
    #2,379Horvath15,30220,177
    #2,380Whitmore15,29620,185

    Who is named Pantoja

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

    95% of people named Pantoja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pantoja come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Pantoja.
    How common is the surname Pantoja?
    15,249 people in the United States had the surname Pantoja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,247 Americans. It ranked 2,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pantoja?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pantoja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pantoja getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,249 in 2010, up 45%.