Explore the Family Name Espinola

The meaning of Espinola

Portuguese (Espínola): variant of Espíndola (see Espindola). Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Julio, Arturo, Francisco, Alberto, Albino, Arlindo, Mario, Tomas, Adolfo, Aida. Portuguese Duarte, Joao, Messias, Serafim, Valentim.

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

According to the data based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Espinola has seen a slight growth from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 19,775 in popularity and increased to rank 18,622 in 2010, marking a 5.83% change. The count of individuals with this surname also rose from 1,260 to 1,478, an increase of 17.3%. Additionally, the proportion of people named Espinola per 100,000 saw a growth of 6.38%, moving from 0.47 to 0.50.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,775	#18,622	5.83%
Count	1,260	1,478	17.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.5	6.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Espinola

Moving onto the ethnicity associated with the surname Espinola, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. It is observed that the largest ethnic identity holding this surname appears to be White, despite a decrease of 4.52% between 2000 and 2010. This was followed by Hispanic ethnicity, which saw an increase of 13.06% during the same period. Individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander also saw a rise of 14.15%. However, those with two or more races saw a significant drop of -71.96%. No data were available for Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native identities, either due to insignificant numbers or suppression for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	50.24%	47.97%	-4.52%
Hispanic	39.44%	44.59%	13.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.16%	5.89%	14.15%
Two or More Races	4.6%	1.29%	-71.96%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%