The Census Bureau's 2010 Census surnames product is the third in a series of data releases based on names recorded in the decennial census. Three of the 15 fastest growing were Hispanic: Vazquez (up 63 percent), Bautista (59 percent) and Velazquez (59 percent). The most rapidly increasing surnames among the top 1,000 in both 20 are mostly Asian: Zhang (up 111 percent), Li (93 percent), Ali (66 percent), Liu (64 percent) and Khan (63 percent) top the list. For example, more than 98 percent of people named Xiong are Asian, more than 87 percent of those named Washington are black, more than 96 percent named Barajas are Hispanic, and almost 98 percent named Yoder are white. Most names are dominated by one Hispanic origin or race group. "Also, it takes fewer names to cover a large segment of the Hispanic, Asian or black populations, compared to the white population, which has higher surname diversity." "Names are not distributed among racial and ethnic groups the same way the population is distributed," Comenetz said. The pattern is similar for Asians and blacks." "Twenty-six surnames cover a quarter of the Hispanic population and 16 percent of Hispanic people reported one of the top 10 Hispanic names. "There is more surname clustering among Hispanics," Comenetz said.
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