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    The surname Peralta

    A Spanish surname, carried by 36,585 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P643

    Peralta: #949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Peralta #949, 36,585 people Peralta: #949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peralta #949, 36,585 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peralta is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Peralta.

    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 36,585 people named Peralta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,439 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,713.

    #949
    rank among US surnames
    36,585
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48%
    change since 2000 (was #1,305)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #940Avalos36,9228,362
    #941Booker36,8408,381
    #942Waller36,8058,389
    #943Parra36,7658,398
    #944Woodward36,7648,398
    #945Jaramillo36,7558,400
    #946Krueger36,7438,403

    Who is named Peralta

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

    86% of people named Peralta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Peraltas

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stacy Peralta
      American skateboarder, screenwriter, film director, born 1957
    • Víctor Peralta
      Boxer (1908–1995)
    • Yamil Peralta
      Argentine boxer, born 1991
    • María Peralta
      Argentine distance runner, born 1977
    • Sixto Peralta
      Argentine footballer, born 1979
    • Marcelo Peralta
      Argentine musician, 1961–2020
    • Fernando Peralta
      Argentinian chess player, born 1979
    • Austin Peralta
      American jazz pianist (1990–2012)
    • Gonzalo Peralta
      Argentine footballer (1980-2016)
    • Miguel Abuelo
      Argentinian musician and singer, 1946–1988

    Notable Peraltas come mostly from Argentina (7), the United States (2) and Italy (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peralta

    Peralta has the Soundex code P643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P643.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Peralta come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Peralta.
    How common is the surname Peralta?
    36,585 people in the United States had the surname Peralta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,439 Americans. It ranked 949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peralta?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Peralta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Peralta?
    Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, screenwriter, film director, followed by Víctor Peralta.
    Where is the surname Peralta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peralta in Argentina, the United States and Italy.
    Is the surname Peralta getting more or less common?
    More common. 24,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,585 in 2010, up 48%.