How common is the surname Zuniga?

56,347 people in the United States had the surname Zuniga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,479 Americans. It ranked 600th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zuniga?

Daphne Zuniga, American actress, followed by Juan José Zúñiga.

Where is the surname Zuniga most common?

Wikidata records people named Zuniga in the United States and Bolivia.

Is the surname Zuniga getting more or less common?

More common. 39,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,347 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Zuniga

A Spanish surname, carried by 56,347 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zuniga is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Anglicization of Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga.

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 56,347 people named Zuniga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,479 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,057.

#600

rank among US surnames

56,347

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+44.3%

change since 2000 (was #804)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#591	Summers	56,953	5,421
#592	Houston	56,900	5,426
#593	Carson	56,872	5,429
#594	Morrow	56,840	5,432
#595	Clayton	56,638	5,451
#596	Whitaker	56,616	5,453
#597	Decker	56,576	5,457

Who is named Zuniga

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

94% of people named Zuniga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Zunigas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daphne Zuniga
American actress, born 1962
Juan José Zúñiga
Bolivian military putschist, born 1968

Notable Zunigas come mostly from the United States (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zuniga

Zhuang

Zuniga has the Soundex code Z520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z520.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zuniga come from?: Anglicization of Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga.
How common is the surname Zuniga?: 56,347 people in the United States had the surname Zuniga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,479 Americans. It ranked 600th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zuniga?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zuniga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Zuniga?: Daphne Zuniga, American actress, followed by Juan José Zúñiga.
Where is the surname Zuniga most common?: Wikidata records people named Zuniga in the United States and Bolivia.
Is the surname Zuniga getting more or less common?: More common. 39,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,347 in 2010, up 44%.