How common is the surname Sotomayor?

4,210 people in the United States had the surname Sotomayor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,336 Americans. It ranked 7,859th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sotomayor?

Nikté Sotomayor, badminton player.

Where is the surname Sotomayor most common?

Wikidata records people named Sotomayor in Guatemala.

Is the surname Sotomayor getting more or less common?

More common. 3,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,210 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Sotomayor

A Spanish place surname, carried by 4,210 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex S356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sotomayor is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).

Sotomayor is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 4,210 people named Sotomayor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,336 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,424.

#7,859

rank among US surnames

4,210

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+23%

change since 2000 (was #8,808)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,856	Seltzer	4,213	73,284
#7,857	Borkowski	4,212	73,301
#7,858	Florio	4,211	73,319
#7,859	Leasure	4,210	73,336

Who is named Sotomayor

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

91% of people named Sotomayor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Sotomayors

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nikté Sotomayor
Badminton player, born 1994

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sotomayor come from?: From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).
How common is the surname Sotomayor?: 4,210 people in the United States had the surname Sotomayor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,336 Americans. It ranked 7,859th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sotomayor?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sotomayor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sotomayor?: Nikté Sotomayor, badminton player.
Where is the surname Sotomayor most common?: Wikidata records people named Sotomayor in Guatemala.
What type of surname is Sotomayor?: Sotomayor is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sotomayor getting more or less common?: More common. 3,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,210 in 2010, up 23%.