The surname Quijada
A Spanish surname, carried by 4,908 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex Q230
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Quijada.
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 4,908 people named Quijada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,907 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,365.
Who is named Quijada
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Quijada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Quijada has the Soundex code Q230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q230.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Quijada come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Quijada.
- How common is the surname Quijada?
- 4,908 people in the United States had the surname Quijada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,907 Americans. It ranked 6,856th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Quijada?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Quijada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Quijada getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,908 in 2010, up 46%.