The surname Zamora
A Spanish place surname, carried by 61,729 people in the United States.
Pronounced /zəˈmɔɹə/ 3 syllables Soundex Z560
Origin
Spanish origin
A habitational surname from Spanish.
Zamora is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
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 61,729 people named Zamora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,002 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 45,806.
Who is named Zamora
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Zamora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Zamora come from?
- Zamora is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Zamora?
- 61,729 people in the United States had the surname Zamora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,002 Americans. It ranked 540th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zamora?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Zamora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Zamora?
- Zamora is /zəˈmɔɹə/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Zamora?
- Zamora is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Zamora getting more or less common?
- More common. 45,806 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,729 in 2010, up 35%.