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    The surname Zegarra

    A Spanish surname, carried by 730 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z260

    Zegarra: #31,656 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Zegarra #31,656, 730 people Zegarra: #31,656 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Zegarra #31,656, 730 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zegarra is more common than 80.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Zegarra, a Castilianized form of Catalan Segarra. This surname is mostly found in Peru.

    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 730 people named Zegarra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 422,939 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 522.

    #31,656
    rank among US surnames
    730
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.8%
    change since 2000 (was #39,617)

    Who is named Zegarra

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

    90% of people named Zegarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zegarra

    Zegarra has the Soundex code Z260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z260.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Zegarra come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Zegarra, a Castilianized form of Catalan Segarra. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
    How common is the surname Zegarra?
    730 people in the United States had the surname Zegarra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 422,939 Americans. It ranked 31,656th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zegarra?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Zegarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zegarra getting more or less common?
    More common. 522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 730 in 2010, up 40%.