Explore the Family Name Tierrablanca

The meaning of Tierrablanca

Hispanic (Mexico): topographic name from tierra ‘earth, land’ and blanca ‘white’, or a habitational name from any of several places in Mexico called Tierra Blanca, of the same etymology.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Tierrablanca has seen a substantial rise in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 66,073rd most common surname, but by 2010 it had climbed to the 40,909th spot, a significant increase of 38.09%. The actual count of people with this surname also increased from 280 in 2000 to 533 in 2010, showing a massive growth rate of 90.36%. Additionally, the proportion of individuals with the Tierrablanca surname per 100,000 residents almost doubled, going up by 80% from 0.1 to 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,073	#40,909	38.09%
Count	280	533	90.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.18	80%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tierrablanca

With regards to the ethnic identity of those with the surname Tierrablanca, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that it is overwhelmingly associated with the Hispanic community. As of 2010, 98.31% of those carrying this surname identified as Hispanic, although this represents a slight decrease of 0.63% from the 2000 figure of 98.93%. There was no recorded change in the percentage of people identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of people identifying as White by 2010, accounting for 1.69% of the total, where there were none recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	98.93%	98.31%	-0.63%
White	0%	1.69%	0%
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%