Explore the Family Name Landaverde

The meaning of Landaverde

Hispanic (mainly El Salvador and Mexico): topographic name from Spanish landa ‘meadow’ + verde ‘green’. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Ana, Roberto, Juan, Francisco, Josefina, Julio, Mario, Bernardo, Carlos, Concepcion, Luis.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Landaverde has shown a significant increase from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Landaverde ranked as the 8968th most popular surname with a count of 3,353 instances. By 2010, however, the popularity of this surname had surged by almost 39%, moving it up to the 5489th rank. The count also nearly doubled during this decade, increasing by roughly 89% to reach a total of 6,336 occurrences. This change resulted in an overall increase in the proportion per 100K people by more than 73%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#8,968	#5,489	38.79%
Count	3,353	6,336	88.97%
Proportion per 100k	1.24	2.15	73.39%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Landaverde

The ethnicity associated with the surname Landaverde showed a significant Hispanic concentration, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, over 95% of individuals with this surname identified as Hispanic, a figure that slightly increased to almost 97% by 2010. While there was a small percentage of individuals identifying as White (about 4% in 2000 and 3% in 2010), Asian/Pacific Islander (0.24% in 2000 decreasing to 0.16% in 2010), and those claiming two or more races (0.42% in 2000 dropping drastically to 0.09% in 2010), the number of individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native was negligible in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	95.2%	96.91%	1.8%
White	3.82%	2.64%	-30.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.24%	0.16%	-33.33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.13%	0%
Two or More Races	0.42%	0.09%	-78.57%
Black	0%	0.08%	0%