Explore the Family Name Miramon

The meaning of Miramon

1. French (mainly Pyrénées-Atlantiques): variant of Miramont, a habitational name from Miramont, the name of several places in France. 2. Spanish (Miramón): habitational name from a place called Miramont in Zaragoza (Aragon), a cognate of 1 above. In some cases the surname may also be of French origin.

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

The surname Miramon saw a slight decrease in popularity based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 58,553 in terms of commonality among surnames, but dropped to 60,636th place in 2010. This reflects a change of -3.56%. However, the number of individuals with this surname increased slightly from 324 in 2000 to 332 in 2010, an increase of 2.47%. The proportion of people named Miramon per 100k declined by 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,553	#60,636	-3.56%
Count	324	332	2.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Miramon

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Miramon identify as Hispanic, making up 65.12% of the population in 2000 and increasing slightly to 65.36% in 2010. The second largest ethnic identity is White, which decreased from 29.94% in 2000 to 28.61% in 2010. The Asian/Pacific Islander population saw a growth from 4.63% to 5.12% over the same decade. There were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Additionally, there were no recorded instances of individuals identifying with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	65.12%	65.36%	0.37%
White	29.94%	28.61%	-4.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.63%	5.12%	10.58%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%