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The surname Terrazas

A surname, carried by 10,569 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T622

Terrazas: #3,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Terrazas #3,378, 10,569 people Terrazas: #3,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Terrazas #3,378, 10,569 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Terrazas is more common than 97.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,569 people named Terrazas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,212 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,044.

#3,378
rank among US surnames
10,569
people in 2010
3.6
per 100,000 Americans
+31.4%
change since 2000 (was #4,067)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#3,369Wenger10,59629,138
#3,370Zeller10,59529,141
#3,371Carbone10,59129,152
#3,372Maxey10,58429,171
#3,373Narvaez10,57929,185
#3,374Peng10,57529,196
#3,375Pichardo10,57229,204

Who is named Terrazas

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

94% of people named Terrazas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Terrazas

Terrazas has the Soundex code T622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T622.

Questions

How common is the surname Terrazas?
10,569 people in the United States had the surname Terrazas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,212 Americans. It ranked 3,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Terrazas?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Terrazas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Terrazas getting more or less common?
More common. 8,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,569 in 2010, up 31%.