How common is the surname Tafoya?

10,114 people in the United States had the surname Tafoya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,527 Americans. It ranked 3,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tafoya getting more or less common?

More common. 9,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,114 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Tafoya

A surname, carried by 10,114 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tafoya is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,114 people named Tafoya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,527 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,014.

#3,532

rank among US surnames

10,114

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,621)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,523	Shore	10,130	30,478
#3,524	Barreto	10,127	30,487
#3,525	Correia	10,126	30,490
#3,526	McDuffie	10,125	30,493
#3,527	Betz	10,120	30,508
#3,528	Alderman	10,119	30,511
#3,529	Tice	10,118	30,514

Who is named Tafoya

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

79% of people named Tafoya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tafoya

Taff

Tafoya has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

Questions

How common is the surname Tafoya?: 10,114 people in the United States had the surname Tafoya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,527 Americans. It ranked 3,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tafoya?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Tafoya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tafoya getting more or less common?: More common. 9,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,114 in 2010, up 12%.