The surname Quiroz
A Spanish surname, carried by 27,452 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Q620
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Quiroz, variant of Quiros.
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 27,452 people named Quiroz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,247 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,507.
Who is named Quiroz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Quiroz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Quiroz has the Soundex code Q620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q620.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Quiroz come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Quiroz, variant of Quiros.
- How common is the surname Quiroz?
- 27,452 people in the United States had the surname Quiroz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,247 Americans. It ranked 1,280th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Quiroz?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Quiroz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Quiroz getting more or less common?
- More common. 19,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,452 in 2010, up 41%.