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The surname Rascon

A Spanish surname, carried by 6,274 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R250

Rascon: #5,537 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rascon #5,537, 6,274 people Rascon: #5,537 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rascon #5,537, 6,274 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rascon is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Rascón. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

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 6,274 people named Rascon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,210 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,754.

#5,537
rank among US surnames
6,274
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+32%
change since 2000 (was #6,573)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,533Boylan6,28049,163
#5,534Linden6,27649,195
#5,535Dee6,27549,202
#5,537Rascon6,27449,210

Who is named Rascon

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

93% of people named Rascon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.4% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 6.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 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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Surnames that sound like Rascon

Rascon has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rascon come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Rascón. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
How common is the surname Rascon?
6,274 people in the United States had the surname Rascon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,210 Americans. It ranked 5,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rascon?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rascon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rascon getting more or less common?
More common. 4,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,274 in 2010, up 32%.