How common is the surname Quiroga?

5,937 people in the United States had the surname Quiroga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,004 Americans. It ranked 5,824th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Quiroga?

Mauro Quiroga, Argentine footballer, followed by Facundo Quiroga.

Where is the surname Quiroga most common?

Wikidata records people named Quiroga in Argentina and Bolivia.

Is the surname Quiroga getting more or less common?

More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,937 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Quiroga

A Galician place surname, carried by 5,937 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Q620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quiroga is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

Borrowed from Galician Quiroga, from the town of Quiroga, Galicia.

Quiroga is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,937 people named Quiroga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,004 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,602.

#5,824

rank among US surnames

5,937

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+29%

change since 2000 (was #6,750)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,820	Garnica	5,941	51,969
#5,821	Pardue	5,940	51,977
#5,823	Boardman	5,938	51,995
#5,824	Quiroga	5,937	52,004

Who is named Quiroga

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

92% of people named Quiroga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Quirogas

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mauro Quiroga
Argentine footballer, born 1989
Facundo Quiroga
Argentine politician, 1788–1835
Raúl Quiroga
Argentine volleyball player, born 1962
Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
Bolivian writer and politician (1931-1980)
Rosita Quiroga
Argentine singer, lyricist and composer (1896–1984)
Julietta Quiroga
Argentine alpine skier, born 1988

Notable Quirogas come mostly from Argentina (5) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quiroga

Quiroga has the Soundex code Q620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q620.

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Quiroga come from?: Borrowed from Galician Quiroga, from the town of Quiroga, Galicia.
How common is the surname Quiroga?: 5,937 people in the United States had the surname Quiroga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,004 Americans. It ranked 5,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quiroga?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Quiroga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Quiroga?: Mauro Quiroga, Argentine footballer, followed by Facundo Quiroga.
Where is the surname Quiroga most common?: Wikidata records people named Quiroga in Argentina and Bolivia.
What type of surname is Quiroga?: Quiroga is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Quiroga getting more or less common?: More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,937 in 2010, up 29%.