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    The surname Tijerino

    A Spanish surname, carried by 519 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex T265

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tijerino is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Tijerino; this surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.

    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 519 people named Tijerino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 594,885 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 427.

    #41,886
    rank among US surnames
    519
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.5%
    change since 2000 (was #46,839)

    Who is named Tijerino

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

    93% of people named Tijerino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    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 Tijerino

    Tijerino has the Soundex code T265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T265.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tijerino come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Tijerino; this surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.
    How common is the surname Tijerino?
    519 people in the United States had the surname Tijerino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 594,885 Americans. It ranked 41,886th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tijerino?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tijerino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tijerino getting more or less common?
    More common. 427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 519 in 2010, up 22%.