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    The surname Suarez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 66,013 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S620

    Suarez: #510 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Suarez #510, 66,013 people Suarez: #510 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Suarez #510, 66,013 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suarez is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Suárez.

    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 66,013 people named Suarez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,677 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 47,235.

    #510
    rank among US surnames
    66,013
    people in 2010
    22
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.8%
    change since 2000 (was #658)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #501Glover66,8584,618
    #502Osborne66,8274,620
    #503Buchanan66,6484,632
    #504Casey66,5564,639
    #505Floyd66,4544,646
    #506Patton66,2934,657
    #507Ibarra66,0634,674

    Who is named Suarez

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

    90% of people named Suarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Suarezs

    16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paola Suárez
      Argentine tennis player, born 1976
    • Jeremy Suarez
      American actor, born 1990
    • Pedro Arico Suárez
      Argentine footballer (1908-1979)
    • María Eugenia Suárez
      Argentinian actress, born 1992
    • Francis X. Suarez
      American lawyer and politician (born 1977)
    • Tatiana Suarez
      American sport wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1990
    • Silvana Suárez
      Argentine model and beauty queen (born 1958)
    • Osvaldo Suárez
      Argentine distance runner (1934–2018)
    • Juan Horacio Suárez
      Argentine Roman Catholic bishop, born 1938
    • Hugo Suárez
      Bolivian footballer, born 1982
    • Daniel Suarez
      American writer, born 1964
    • Roger Suárez
      Bolivian footballer, born 1977

    Notable Suarezs come mostly from Argentina (8), the United States (4) and Bolivia (4).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Suarez

    Suarez has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Suarez come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Suárez.
    How common is the surname Suarez?
    66,013 people in the United States had the surname Suarez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,677 Americans. It ranked 510th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Suarez?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Suarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Suarez?
    Paola Suárez, Argentine tennis player, followed by Jeremy Suarez.
    Where is the surname Suarez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Suarez in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Suarez getting more or less common?
    More common. 47,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,013 in 2010, up 40%.