How common is the surname Velazquez?

63,736 people in the United States had the surname Velazquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,844 Americans. It ranked 530th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Velazquez?

Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model, followed by Nydia M. Velázquez.

Where is the surname Velazquez most common?

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

Is the surname Velazquez getting more or less common?

More common. 40,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,736 in 2010, up 59%.

The surname Velazquez

A Spanish surname, carried by 63,736 people in the United States.

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). Velazquez is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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 63,736 people named Velazquez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,844 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,030.

#530

rank among US surnames

63,736

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+59.2%

change since 2000 (was #789)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#521	McGuire	64,327	4,800
#522	Lloyd	64,202	4,809
#523	Mueller	64,191	4,810
#524	Hartman	64,106	4,816
#525	French	63,991	4,825
#526	Kramer	63,936	4,829
#527	McBride	63,899	4,832

Who is named Velazquez

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

96% of people named Velazquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Velazquezs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nadine Velazquez
American actress and model, born 1978
Nydia M. Velázquez
American politician (born 1953)
Diego Velázquez
American-Salvadoran actor and film actor (born 2001)
Leandro Velázquez
Argentine footballer, born 1989
Sergio Velázquez
Argentine footballer, born 1990

Notable Velazquezs come mostly from the United States (3) and Argentina (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Valazquez

Surnames that sound like Velazquez

Velazquez 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 Velazquez come from?: From Spanish Velázquez.
How common is the surname Velazquez?: 63,736 people in the United States had the surname Velazquez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,844 Americans. It ranked 530th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Velazquez?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Velazquez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Velazquez?: Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model, followed by Nydia M. Velázquez.
Where is the surname Velazquez most common?: Wikidata records people named Velazquez in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Velazquez getting more or less common?: More common. 40,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,736 in 2010, up 59%.
What are other spellings of Velazquez?: Valazquez.