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    The surname Resendiz

    A Spanish surname, carried by 14,457 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R253

    Resendiz: #2,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Resendiz #2,500, 14,457 people Resendiz: #2,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Resendiz #2,500, 14,457 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Resendiz is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Reséndiz.

    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 14,457 people named Resendiz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,356 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,605.

    #2,500
    rank among US surnames
    14,457
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +90.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,323)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,491Herrington14,49821,296
    #2,492Higginbotham14,48921,309
    #2,493Carnes14,48721,312
    #2,494Tobias14,48221,319
    #2,495Soria14,47721,327
    #2,496Limon14,47221,334
    #2,497Diggs14,46721,341

    Who is named Resendiz

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

    97% of people named Resendiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Resendiz

    Resendiz has the Soundex code R253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R253.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Resendiz come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Reséndiz.
    How common is the surname Resendiz?
    14,457 people in the United States had the surname Resendiz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,356 Americans. It ranked 2,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Resendiz?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Resendiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Resendiz getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,457 in 2010, up 90%.