How Many People Have the Last Name Sierra?
people had the surname Sierra in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,244 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Hispanic or Latino
Change Since 2000
+9,589 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sierra (90.6%) are Hispanic or Latino. The next largest group, 7.2%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are Hispanic or Latino, Sierra ranks #196. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
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📈 Change Since 2000
Sierra grew from 26,181 people in 2000 to 35,770 in 2010 (up 36.6%), and its rank rose from #1,227 to #973.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 26,181 | 35,770 |
| Rank | #1,227 | #973 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.71 | 12.13 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sierra
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sierra: S600
👤 Sierra as a First Name
Sierra is a first name too: about 99,275 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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