The surname Suniga
A surname, carried by 2,193 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S520
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,193 people named Suniga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,906.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,781 | Pettengill | 2,195 | 140,659 |
| #13,786 | Schuessler | 2,194 | 140,723 |
| #13,790 | Cuddy | 2,193 | 140,787 |
| #13,795 | Wickstrom | 2,192 | 140,851 |
| #13,798 | Fassett | 2,191 | 140,915 |
Who is named Suniga
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Suniga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Suniga has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Suniga?
- 2,193 people in the United States had the surname Suniga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. It ranked 13,790th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Suniga?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Suniga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Suniga getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,193 in 2010, up 15%.