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    The surname Pedraza

    A surname, carried by 12,748 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P362

    Pedraza: #2,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pedraza #2,829, 12,748 people Pedraza: #2,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pedraza #2,829, 12,748 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pedraza is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,748 people named Pedraza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,219 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,828.

    #2,829
    rank among US surnames
    12,748
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,820Babb12,79424,132
    #2,821Denney12,79224,136
    #2,822Schofield12,79024,140
    #2,823Jauregui12,78324,153
    #2,824Main12,77624,166
    #2,825Tavares12,76624,185
    #2,826Barone12,75824,200

    Who is named Pedraza

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

    94% of people named Pedraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Pedrazas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • José Pedraza
      Athletics competitor (1937-1998)
    • Luciana Pedraza
      Argentine actress, born 1972

    Notable Pedrazas come mostly from Mexico (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pedraza

    Pedraza has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pedraza?
    12,748 people in the United States had the surname Pedraza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,219 Americans. It ranked 2,829th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pedraza?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pedraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pedraza?
    José Pedraza, athletics competitor (1937-1998), followed by Luciana Pedraza.
    Where is the surname Pedraza most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pedraza in Mexico and Argentina.
    Is the surname Pedraza getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,748 in 2010, up 44%.