Explore the Family Name Anchondo

The meaning of Anchondo

Hispanic: Castilianized form of a topographic name from Basque aintzi ‘swamp’ + -ondo ‘beside’. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Francisco, Jose, Ramon, Armando, Jesus, Manuel, Raul, Arturo, Carlos, Catalina, Cristina, Edmundo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Anchondo has increased in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname moved up from 12,088th to 10,653rd, marking an improvement of around 11.87 percent. In terms of the actual count, there was a significant increase from 2,368 people in 2000 to 3,003 people in 2010, representing a growth of approximately 26.82 percent. Its incidence per 100,000 residents also rose by around 15.91 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,088	#10,653	11.87%
Count	2,368	3,003	26.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.88	1.02	15.91%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Anchondo

As for ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that a large majority of those with the Anchondo surname identify as being Hispanic, making up over 93 percent in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight increase of 0.93 percent in the latter year. Apart from a small percentage identifying as White (around 5 percent) in both years, with a minimal decrease of 1.65 percent in 2010, and a smaller proportion identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native (with a significant drop of 52.38 percent from 2000 to 2010), other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black were not represented among those bearing this surname. Notably, the category "Two or more races" was reported in 2000 but none was recorded in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	93.24%	94.11%	0.93%
White	5.45%	5.36%	-1.65%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.63%	0.3%	-52.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.3%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%