The LOPEZ surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	621,536	21	0.23	2,304
United States (1880 census)	4,286	1445	0.009	86
Change since 1880	+617250	+1424	+0.221	+2218
Other Countries
Australia	1,510	1083	0.009	92
United Kingdom	1,715	3352	0.004	37

Top States for LOPEZ by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	191,371	3	0.565	5,650
Texas	111,436	11	0.534	5,344
Florida	55,939	16	0.350	3,500
New York	31,876	19	0.168	1,680
Arizona	26,714	5	0.521	5,207
Top States for LOPEZ by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Mexico	11,304	8	0.621	6,214
California	191,371	3	0.565	5,650
Texas	111,436	11	0.534	5,344
Arizona	26,714	5	0.521	5,207
Nevada	8,420	11	0.421	4,214

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LOPEZ live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LOPEZ represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LOPEZ in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LOPEZ by picking someone at random in New Mexico than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LOPEZ

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LOPEZ surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LOPEZ surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LOPEZ in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	568,768	91.51
White (Caucasian)	36,360	5.85
Asian/Pacific	6,464	1.04
Black/African American	3,791	0.61
Mixed Race	3,232	0.52
Native American/Alaskan	2,921	0.47

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LOPEZ surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to LOPEZ

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LOPEZ.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.