Explore the Family Name Aldape

The meaning of Aldape

Basque: habitational name from a place called Aldape in Biscay (Basque Country, Spain). This surname is most common in Mexico. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Juan, Jesus, Ramiro, Adolfo, Emilio, Juanita, Julio, Manuel, Miguel, Ninfa.

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How common is the last name Aldape in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Aldape has seen a significant increase from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Aldape ranked as the 15,759th most common surname and by 2010, it had climbed up to the 14,004th position, marking an improvement of 11.14%. The count of people with the Aldape surname also surged by 26.53% during this period. This elevation in rank and count reflects a proportional increase per 100,000 people from 0.63 to 0.73.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,759	#14,004	11.14%
Count	1,700	2,151	26.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.63	0.73	15.87%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Aldape

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Aldape surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals carrying this last name identify as Hispanic. From 2000 to 2010, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic slightly increased from 90.12% to 91.03%. The number of White individuals with the Aldape surname marginally decreased by 3.20%, whereas the Asian/Pacific Islander category saw a modest increase of 5.66%. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of American Indian and Alaskan Native representation within this surname from 2000 to 2010. However, the data for those identifying as two or more races was suppressed for privacy, and no change was observed for individuals identifying as Black.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	90.12%	91.03%	1.01%
White	8.12%	7.86%	-3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.53%	0.56%	5.66%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.28%	0%
Two or More Races	0.71%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%