How common is the surname Verdugo?

7,210 people in the United States had the surname Verdugo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,822 Americans. It ranked 4,885th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Verdugo?

Elena Verdugo, American actress (1925-2017), followed by Alex Verdugo.

Where is the surname Verdugo most common?

Wikidata records people named Verdugo in the United States.

Is the surname Verdugo getting more or less common?

More common. 5,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,210 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Verdugo

A Spanish surname, carried by 7,210 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verdugo is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.

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 7,210 people named Verdugo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,822 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,542.

#4,885

rank among US surnames

7,210

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+30.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,730)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,876	Sturdivant	7,223	42,745
#4,877	Hammock	7,222	42,751
#4,878	Simone	7,221	42,757
#4,879	Walz	7,220	42,763
#4,880	Bussey	7,219	42,768
#4,881	Bosley	7,216	42,786
#4,882	Gorski	7,213	42,804

Who is named Verdugo

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

91% of people named Verdugo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Verdugos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elena Verdugo
American actress (1925-2017)
Alex Verdugo
American baseball player (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Verdugo

Verduzco

Verdugo has the Soundex code V632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V632.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Verdugo come from?: Verdugo is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Verdugo?: 7,210 people in the United States had the surname Verdugo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,822 Americans. It ranked 4,885th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Verdugo?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Verdugo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Verdugo?: Elena Verdugo, American actress (1925-2017), followed by Alex Verdugo.
Where is the surname Verdugo most common?: Wikidata records people named Verdugo in the United States.
Is the surname Verdugo getting more or less common?: More common. 5,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,210 in 2010, up 30%.