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The surname Sarabia

A surname, carried by 8,695 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex S610

Sarabia: #4,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sarabia #4,082, 8,695 people Sarabia: #4,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sarabia #4,082, 8,695 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sarabia is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

From Portuguese, of Galician origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,695 people named Sarabia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,508 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,170.

#4,082
rank among US surnames
8,695
people in 2010
3.0
per 100,000 Americans
+40.9%
change since 2000 (was #5,203)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,074Geer8,71735,419
#4,075Foltz8,71435,431
#4,076Santoro8,71335,435
#4,078Lanning8,71135,443
#4,079Plascencia8,71035,447
#4,080Burkhardt8,70735,459
#4,081Autry8,70435,472

Who is named Sarabia

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

91% of people named Sarabia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
  • Two or more races 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sarabia

Sarabia has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Questions

Where does the surname Sarabia come from?
From Portuguese, of Galician origin.
How common is the surname Sarabia?
8,695 people in the United States had the surname Sarabia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,508 Americans. It ranked 4,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sarabia?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sarabia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sarabia getting more or less common?
More common. 6,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,695 in 2010, up 41%.