How common is the surname Pedroza?

10,918 people in the United States had the surname Pedroza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,279 Americans. It ranked 3,297th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pedroza getting more or less common?

More common. 7,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,918 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Pedroza

A surname, carried by 10,918 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pedroza is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,918 people named Pedroza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,279 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,976.

#3,297

rank among US surnames

10,918

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+36.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,117)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,288	Pino	10,993	28,086
#3,289	Needham	10,983	28,111
#3,290	Wheat	10,979	28,121
#3,291	Tsai	10,968	28,150
#3,292	Nagle	10,963	28,163
#3,293	Sifuentes	10,954	28,186
#3,294	Hamel	10,944	28,211

Who is named Pedroza

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

95% of people named Pedroza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Two or more races 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 Pedroza

Pedroza 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 Pedroza?: 10,918 people in the United States had the surname Pedroza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,279 Americans. It ranked 3,297th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pedroza?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pedroza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pedroza getting more or less common?: More common. 7,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,918 in 2010, up 37%.