Explore the Family Name Suchil

The meaning of Suchil

Hispanic and Amerindian (Mexico; Súchil): from Mexican Spanish súchil ‘flower’, a word of Nahuatl (Aztec) origin; or from a Castilianized form of the cognate Aztec name Xuchitl.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Suchil has seen an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 46,426th most common surname, but by 2010, it had moved up to the 37,288th spot—a change of nearly 20%. Additionally, there was a significant increase in the number of people with this surname over the same period: from 432 individuals in 2000, the count rose to 598 in 2010—an increase of over 38%. Consequently, the proportion of those bearing the surname Suchil per 100,000 people also increased from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2010, marking a 25% rise.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,426	#37,288	19.68%
Count	432	598	38.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.2	25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Suchil

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of people with the surname Suchil identify as Hispanic. In 2000, around 90% of individuals with this surname identified as Hispanic, a figure that rose slightly to approximately 96.5% by 2010. On the other hand, the percentage of people identifying as White dropped dramatically from 9% in 2000 to just over 3% in 2010, a decrease of almost 67%. The data indicates no individuals with the surname Suchil identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	90.05%	96.49%	7.15%
White	9.03%	3.01%	-66.67%
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%