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The surname Piedra

A surname, carried by 5,098 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P360

Piedra: #6,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Piedra #6,644, 5,098 people Piedra: #6,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Piedra #6,644, 5,098 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Piedra is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,098 people named Piedra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,562 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,518.

#6,644
rank among US surnames
5,098
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+44.9%
change since 2000 (was #8,607)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,636Beachy5,10260,515
#6,638Gehring5,10060,538
#6,640Manion5,09960,550
#6,644Piedra5,09860,562
#6,645Proulx5,09660,586
#6,646Rae5,09460,610

Who is named Piedra

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

93% of people named Piedra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • 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 Piedra

Piedra has the Soundex code P360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P360.

Questions

How common is the surname Piedra?
5,098 people in the United States had the surname Piedra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,562 Americans. It ranked 6,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Piedra?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Piedra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Piedra getting more or less common?
More common. 3,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,098 in 2010, up 45%.