How common is the surname Velasquez?

80,364 people in the United States had the surname Velasquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,842 Americans. It ranked 398th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Velasquez?

Cain Velasquez, American mixed martial artist, followed by Lizzie Velasquez.

Where is the surname Velasquez most common?

Wikidata records people named Velasquez in the United States.

How do you pronounce Velasquez?

Velasquez is /vəˈlæskɛz/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Velasquez getting more or less common?

More common. 57,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 80,364 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Velasquez

A Spanish surname, carried by 80,364 people in the United States.

Pronounced /vəˈlæskɛz/ 3 syllables Soundex V422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Velasquez is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Velázquez.

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 80,364 people named Velasquez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,842 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 57,163.

#398

rank among US surnames

80,364

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+40.6%

change since 2000 (was #525)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#389	Erickson	82,085	3,761
#390	Reeves	81,978	3,766
#391	Chang	81,939	3,768
#392	Klein	81,471	3,790
#393	Salinas	81,156	3,804
#394	Fuentes	81,006	3,811
#395	Baldwin	80,742	3,824

Who is named Velasquez

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

92% of people named Velasquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Velasquezs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cain Velasquez
American mixed martial artist, born 1982
Lizzie Velasquez
American motivational speaker, born 1989
Jaci Velásquez
American singer-songwriter and actor, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Velasquez

Velasquez has the Soundex code V422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V422.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Velasquez come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Velázquez.
How common is the surname Velasquez?: 80,364 people in the United States had the surname Velasquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,842 Americans. It ranked 398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Velasquez?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Velasquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Velasquez?: Cain Velasquez, American mixed martial artist, followed by Lizzie Velasquez.
Where is the surname Velasquez most common?: Wikidata records people named Velasquez in the United States.
How do you pronounce Velasquez?: Velasquez is /vəˈlæskɛz/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Velasquez getting more or less common?: More common. 57,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 80,364 in 2010, up 41%.
What are other spellings of Velasquez?: Velazquez and Velázquez.