Explore the Family Name Escovedo

The meaning of Escovedo

Spanish: variant of Escobedo. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Mario, Ruben, Alfredo, Armando, Bacilio, Esperanza, Guadalupe, Jaime, Javier.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Escovedo has seen an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 51,945 in popularity but jumped to 37,691 by 2010, marking a significant rise of 27.44%. The count of individuals with this surname also increased over this period, from 376 people in 2000 to 590 in 2010, a remarkable surge of 56.91%. The proportion of individuals with the Escovedo surname per 100,000 also rose from 0.14 to 0.2, reflecting a growth rate of 42.86%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,945	#37,691	27.44%
Count	376	590	56.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.2	42.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Escovedo

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows a majority of individuals with the Escovedo surname identifying as Hispanic. This ethnic identity represented 86.44% of individuals with this surname in 2000, and slightly rose to 87.46% in 2010. Individuals identifying as White made up 10.37% in 2000, which dropped to 8.98% by 2010. There were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or Black ethnicity for either year. Interestingly, there was a new appearance of the American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity at 2.20% in 2010, and the presence of individuals identifying with two or more races, although the specific figure for 2000 was suppressed (S) for privacy reasons, it stood at 1.02% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	86.44%	87.46%	1.18%
White	10.37%	8.98%	-13.4%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.2%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.02%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%