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    The surname Penaflor

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P514

    Penaflor: #24,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Penaflor #24,648, 1,013 people Penaflor: #24,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Penaflor #24,648, 1,013 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Penaflor is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Anglicization of Spanish Peñaflor

    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 1,013 people named Penaflor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 708.

    #24,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,013
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.1%
    change since 2000 (was #31,014)

    Who is named Penaflor

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

    54% of people named Penaflor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 54%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Penaflor

    Penaflor has the Soundex code P514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P514.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Penaflor come from?
    Anglicization of Spanish Peñaflor
    How common is the surname Penaflor?
    1,013 people in the United States had the surname Penaflor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Penaflor?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Penaflor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Penaflor getting more or less common?
    More common. 708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, up 43%.