The surname Posada
A surname, carried by 7,454 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P230
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,454 people named Posada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,420 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,469.
Who is named Posada
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Posada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Posada
Posada has the Soundex code P230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P230.
Questions
- How common is the surname Posada?
- 7,454 people in the United States had the surname Posada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,420 Americans. It ranked 4,751st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Posada?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Posada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Posada getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,454 in 2010, up 36%.