Explore the Family Name Robayo

The meaning of Robayo

Spanish (mainly Seville): probably a nickname from a variant of robalo ‘sea bass, snook’. This surname is most common in Colombia.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Robayo has seen a significant increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 57,090 amongst all surnames, but by 2010, it had moved up to rank 39,607. This is a substantial upward shift of 30.62 percent. Moreover, the count of people with the Robayo surname also surged during this period, going from 334 in 2000 to 555 in 2010, signifying an impressive increase of 66.17 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people with the surname Robayo per 100,000 also witnessed a growth of 58.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,090	#39,607	30.62%
Count	334	555	66.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.19	58.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Robayo

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the Robayo surname is predominantly associated with Hispanic ethnic identity. In 2000, 93.41 percent of individuals with this surname identified as Hispanic, although there was a slight decrease to 92.61 percent by 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White also saw a rise from 5.99 percent in 2000 to 7.39 percent in 2010, marking an increase of 23.37 percent. However, for other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and those identifying with two or more races, the figures remained constant at zero, indicating no individuals with the Robayo surname identified with these ethnicities in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	93.41%	92.61%	-0.86%
White	5.99%	7.39%	23.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%