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    The surname Requejo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 624 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R220

    Requejo: #35,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Requejo #35,945, 624 people Requejo: #35,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Requejo #35,945, 624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Requejo is more common than 77.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Requejo, from place names derivated from Asturian requexu or Galician requeixo. This surname is mostly found in Peru.

    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 624 people named Requejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 494,785 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 490.

    #35,945
    rank among US surnames
    624
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.3%
    change since 2000 (was #41,793)

    Who is named Requejo

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

    83% of people named Requejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Requejo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Requejo, from place names derivated from Asturian requexu or Galician requeixo. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
    How common is the surname Requejo?
    624 people in the United States had the surname Requejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 494,785 Americans. It ranked 35,945th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Requejo?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Requejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Requejo getting more or less common?
    More common. 490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 624 in 2010, up 27%.