How common is the surname Segura?

30,880 people in the United States had the surname Segura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,998 Americans. It ranked 1,136th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Segura?

Tom Segura, American comedian, followed by Santiago Segura.

Where is the surname Segura most common?

Wikidata records people named Segura in the United States.

Is the surname Segura getting more or less common?

More common. 22,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,880 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Segura

A surname, carried by 30,880 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Segura is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,880 people named Segura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,998 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,689.

#1,136

rank among US surnames

30,880

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+36.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,445)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,127	Cleveland	31,123	9,920
#1,128	Crowley	31,098	9,928
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981

Who is named Segura

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

89% of people named Segura identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Seguras

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Segura
American comedian, born 1979
Santiago Segura
American actor, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Segura

Segura has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Questions

How common is the surname Segura?: 30,880 people in the United States had the surname Segura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,998 Americans. It ranked 1,136th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Segura?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Segura identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Segura?: Tom Segura, American comedian, followed by Santiago Segura.
Where is the surname Segura most common?: Wikidata records people named Segura in the United States.
Is the surname Segura getting more or less common?: More common. 22,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,880 in 2010, up 36%.