How common is the surname Soza?

2,499 people in the United States had the surname Soza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. It ranked 12,432nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Soza getting more or less common?

More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,499 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Soza

A surname, carried by 2,499 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soza is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,499 people named Soza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,071.

#12,432

rank among US surnames

2,499

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+20.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647

Who is named Soza

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

85% of people named Soza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
White (not Hispanic) 12%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Soza

Soza has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Questions

How common is the surname Soza?: 2,499 people in the United States had the surname Soza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. It ranked 12,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Soza?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Soza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Soza getting more or less common?: More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,499 in 2010, up 21%.