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    The surname Zambrano

    A Spanish surname, carried by 17,092 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z516

    Zambrano: #2,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Zambrano #2,117, 17,092 people Zambrano: #2,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zambrano #2,117, 17,092 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zambrano is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish, of Basque origin. Usually a common surname in Ecuador.

    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 17,092 people named Zambrano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,064 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,471.

    #2,117
    rank among US surnames
    17,092
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,661)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,108Bellamy17,16717,985
    #2,109McLain17,15218,001
    #2,110Greco17,15018,003
    #2,111Zimmer17,14618,007
    #2,112Moseley17,13018,024
    #2,113Quigley17,12118,033
    #2,114Atwood17,11218,043

    Who is named Zambrano

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

    91% of people named Zambrano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zambrano

    Zambrano has the Soundex code Z516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z516.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Zambrano come from?
    From Spanish, of Basque origin. Usually a common surname in Ecuador.
    How common is the surname Zambrano?
    17,092 people in the United States had the surname Zambrano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,064 Americans. It ranked 2,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zambrano?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Zambrano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zambrano getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,092 in 2010, up 37%.