Hispanic Surnames on the Rise in U.S. as Immigration Surges

The New York Times reported Thursday: “Taylor and Thomas are out.  Lopez and Gonzalez are in.  Six of the 15 most common surnames in the United States were of Hispanic origin in 2010, compared with four of 15 in 2000 and none as recently as 1990.”

Since 1990, in addition to Taylor and Thomas, Moore, Jackson, White and Harris were bumped from the top 15, to be replaced by Garcia, Rodriguez, Martinez and Hernandez.

Read more here:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/census-data-hispanic-surnames.html?_r=0

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