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    The surname Popoca

    A surname, carried by 1,901 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P120

    Popoca: #15,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Popoca #15,409, 1,901 people Popoca: #15,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Popoca #15,409, 1,901 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popoca is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,901 people named Popoca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

    #15,409
    rank among US surnames
    1,901
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +64.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,142)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,402Frew1,903162,241
    #15,406Delfin1,902162,327
    #15,409McQueary1,901162,412
    #15,418McSherry1,900162,498

    Who is named Popoca

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

    97% of people named Popoca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Popoca

    Popoca has the Soundex code P120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Popoca?
    1,901 people in the United States had the surname Popoca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Popoca?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Popoca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Popoca getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 64%.