Explore the Family Name Pamplona

The meaning of Pamplona

Spanish: habitational name from Pamplona (in Basque: Iruña), the historical capital city of the province of Navarre and of the former Kingdom of Navarre. In Spain, it is most frequent in Teruel and Zaragoza provinces.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Pamplona has seen an increase in popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pamplona ranked 55,237th in popularity with a count of 348 occurrences. By 2010, it had risen to a rank of 46,811 with 454 occurrences, marking an increase of approximately 15.25 percent. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also increased from 0.13 to 0.15 over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,237	#46,811	15.25%
Count	348	454	30.46%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.15	15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pamplona

The data from the Decennial U.S. Census also indicates shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the Pamplona surname. From 2000 to 2010, there was an increase in this surname's association with the Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity (from 30.75 percent to 38.55 percent) and those identifying as two or more races (from 2.01 percent to 2.64 percent). Conversely, the share of individuals with this surname who identified as White significantly decreased from 29.02 percent in 2000 to 19.60 percent in 2010. The Hispanic group saw a modest increase from 36.49 percent to 37.89 percent. Notably, no individuals with the Pamplona surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	30.75%	38.55%	25.37%
Hispanic	36.49%	37.89%	3.84%
White	29.02%	19.6%	-32.46%
Two or More Races	2.01%	2.64%	31.34%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%