How common is the surname Plaza?

6,075 people in the United States had the surname Plaza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. It ranked 5,709th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plaza?

Aubrey Plaza, American actress, producer and comedian (born 1984), followed by Manuel Plaza.

Where is the surname Plaza most common?

Wikidata records people named Plaza in the United States, Chile and Poland.

Is the surname Plaza getting more or less common?

More common. 4,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,075 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Plaza

A Spanish surname, carried by 6,075 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plaza is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 6,075 people named Plaza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,705.

#5,709

rank among US surnames

6,075

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+29.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,631)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,705	Kuhlman	6,078	50,797
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806
#5,708	Mayers	6,076	50,814
#5,709	Paschal	6,075	50,822
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831

Who is named Plaza

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

74% of people named Plaza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Plazas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aubrey Plaza
American actress, producer and comedian (born 1984)
Manuel Plaza
Athlete from Chile, 1900–1969
Tiddey
born 1979

Notable Plazas come mostly from the United States (1), Chile (1) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Plaza

Pelaez

Plaza has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Plaza come from?: Plaza is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Plaza?: 6,075 people in the United States had the surname Plaza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. It ranked 5,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plaza?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Plaza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Plaza?: Aubrey Plaza, American actress, producer and comedian (born 1984), followed by Manuel Plaza.
Where is the surname Plaza most common?: Wikidata records people named Plaza in the United States, Chile and Poland.
Is the surname Plaza getting more or less common?: More common. 4,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,075 in 2010, up 29%.