How common is the surname Ugalde?

3,789 people in the United States had the surname Ugalde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ugalde getting more or less common?

More common. 2,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 46%.

The surname Ugalde

A Basque surname, carried by 3,789 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex U243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ugalde is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Basque origin

Borrowed from Spanish Ugalde, from Basque Ugalde, from ur (“water”) + alde (“side”).

One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,789 people named Ugalde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,593.

#8,673

rank among US surnames

3,789

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+46.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,212)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549

Who is named Ugalde

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

86% of people named Ugalde identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Other Basque surnames

All 20 Basque surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ugalde come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Ugalde, from Basque Ugalde, from ur (“water”) + alde (“side”).
How common is the surname Ugalde?: 3,789 people in the United States had the surname Ugalde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ugalde?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Ugalde identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ugalde getting more or less common?: More common. 2,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 46%.