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    The surname Pareja

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,377 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P620

    Pareja: #19,590 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pareja #19,590, 1,377 people Pareja: #19,590 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pareja #19,590, 1,377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pareja is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    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 1,377 people named Pareja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,216 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 952.

    #19,590
    rank among US surnames
    1,377
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,598)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,581Maclaren1,378224,053
    #19,590Kaczynski1,377224,216

    Who is named Pareja

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

    77% of people named Pareja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Parejas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nicolás Pareja
      Argentine association football player, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pareja

    Pareja has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pareja come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Pareja?
    1,377 people in the United States had the surname Pareja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,216 Americans. It ranked 19,590th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pareja?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Pareja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Pareja?
    Nicolás Pareja, Argentine association football player.
    Where is the surname Pareja most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pareja in Argentina.
    Is the surname Pareja getting more or less common?
    More common. 952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,377 in 2010, up 45%.