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The surname Terriquez

A surname, carried by 1,338 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T622

Terriquez: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Terriquez #20,010, 1,338 people Terriquez: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Terriquez #20,010, 1,338 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Terriquez is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,338 people named Terriquez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 980.

#20,010
rank among US surnames
1,338
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+36.5%
change since 2000 (was #24,023)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,010Vanalstyne1,338230,752
#20,019McKechnie1,337230,924

Who is named Terriquez

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

97% of people named Terriquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Terriquez

Terriquez 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 Terriquez?
1,338 people in the United States had the surname Terriquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Terriquez?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Terriquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Terriquez getting more or less common?
More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 37%.