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The surname Virgen

A surname, carried by 3,898 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V625

Virgen: #8,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Virgen #8,470, 3,898 people Virgen: #8,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Virgen #8,470, 3,898 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Virgen is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,898 people named Virgen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,206 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,788.

#8,470
rank among US surnames
3,898
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+39.8%
change since 2000 (was #10,557)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,464Grimmett3,90379,105
#8,467Vineyard3,90179,145
#8,469Patti3,89979,186
#8,470Braithwaite3,89879,206
#8,472Burlingame3,89779,226
#8,473Lease3,89679,247
#8,475Rondeau3,89479,288

Who is named Virgen

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

97% of people named Virgen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Virgen

Virgen has the Soundex code V625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V625.

Questions

How common is the surname Virgen?
3,898 people in the United States had the surname Virgen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,206 Americans. It ranked 8,470th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Virgen?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Virgen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Virgen getting more or less common?
More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,898 in 2010, up 40%.