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The surname Vigil

A surname, carried by 29,382 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V240

Vigil: #1,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Vigil #1,205, 29,382 people Vigil: #1,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vigil #1,205, 29,382 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vigil is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,382 people named Vigil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,508 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,224.

#1,205
rank among US surnames
29,382
people in 2010
10.0
per 100,000 Americans
+12%
change since 2000 (was #1,224)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,196Kaplan29,58210,437
#1,197McAllister29,54410,450
#1,198Byrne29,50310,465
#1,199Osorio29,48210,472
#1,200Cash29,47610,474
#1,201Haines29,46210,479
#1,202Meeks29,45710,481

Who is named Vigil

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

82% of people named Vigil identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
  • White (not Hispanic) 14%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
  • Two or more races 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Vigil?
29,382 people in the United States had the surname Vigil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,508 Americans. It ranked 1,205th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vigil?
In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Vigil identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Vigil getting more or less common?
More common. 26,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,382 in 2010, up 12%.