Last Name AVELLAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Spanish

Rank	68,782 (2000 US census)

Count	267 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

9.36%, or 25 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
90.64%, or 242 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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