How common is the surname Ulloa?

13,133 people in the United States had the surname Ulloa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. It ranked 2,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ulloa?

Leonardo Ulloa, Argentine association football player, followed by Victor Ulloa.

Where is the surname Ulloa most common?

Wikidata records people named Ulloa in Argentina and the United States.

Is the surname Ulloa getting more or less common?

More common. 9,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,133 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Ulloa

A Galician surname, carried by 13,133 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex U400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ulloa is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

A surname from Galician.

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,133 people named Ulloa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,097.

#2,743

rank among US surnames

13,133

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+44.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,587)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,734	Burleson	13,176	23,432
#2,735	Chiu	13,174	23,436
#2,736	Witherspoon	13,171	23,441
#2,737	Barfield	13,165	23,452
#2,738	Fabian	13,161	23,459
#2,739	Bouchard	13,154	23,472
#2,740	Chun	13,141	23,495

Who is named Ulloa

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

95% of people named Ulloa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Ulloas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leonardo Ulloa
Argentine association football player, born 1986
Victor Ulloa
American soccer player, born 1992

Notable Ulloas come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ulloa

Ullah

Ulloa has the Soundex code U400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U400.

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ulloa come from?: Ulloa is Galician in origin.
How common is the surname Ulloa?: 13,133 people in the United States had the surname Ulloa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. It ranked 2,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ulloa?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ulloa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ulloa?: Leonardo Ulloa, Argentine association football player, followed by Victor Ulloa.
Where is the surname Ulloa most common?: Wikidata records people named Ulloa in Argentina and the United States.
Is the surname Ulloa getting more or less common?: More common. 9,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,133 in 2010, up 44%.