The surname Riojas
A Spanish surname, carried by 5,699 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R220
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Riojas.
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 5,699 people named Riojas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,175 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,684.
Who is named Riojas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Riojas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Riojas has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Riojas come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Riojas.
- How common is the surname Riojas?
- 5,699 people in the United States had the surname Riojas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,175 Americans. It ranked 6,030th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Riojas?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Riojas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Riojas getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,699 in 2010, up 22%.