Last Name PELAYO

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Spanish, Filipino, Native American

Rank	5,295 (2000 US census)	5,770 (1990 US census)

Count	6,054 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

3.73%, or 226 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.3%, or 18 total occurrences, as black,
5%, or 303 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.18%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.71%, or 43 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
90.07%, or 5453 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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