In Name Count, Garcias Catching Up With Joneses

Step aside Moore and Taylor. Welcome Garcia and Rodriguez.

Smith remains the most common surname in the United States, according to a new analysis released yesterday by the Census Bureau. But for the first time, two Hispanic surnames — Garcia and Rodriguez — are among the top 10 most common in the nation, and Martinez nearly edged out Wilson for 10th place.

The number of Hispanics living in the United States grew by 58 percent in the 1990s to nearly 13 percent of the total population, and cracking the list of top 10 names suggests just how pervasively the Latino migration has permeated everyday American culture.

Garcia moved to No. 8 in 2000, up from No. 18, and Rodriguez jumped to No. 9 from 22nd place. The number of Hispanic surnames among the top 25 doubled, to 6.

Compiling the rankings is a cumbersome task, in part because of confidentiality and accuracy issues, according to the Census Bureau, and it is only the second time it has prepared such a list. While the historical record is sketchy, several demographers said it was probably the first time that any non-Anglo name was among the 10 most common in the nation. “It’s difficult to say, but it’s probably likely,” said Robert A. Kominski, assistant chief of social characteristics for the census.

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Sad that the United states will be a third world crap hole like central America in 80 years. SO be it, I guest humans will never ever advance off this planet. I wish a astriod would hit it now. Put me out of it please.

I guess there are a lot of Xenophobes here. You do realize that most of the people surveyed are probably here legally, right?

That'll teach Central American countries to have not advanced as far as the United States due to inferior natural resources and a lack of industrialization. Oh, wait, no it doesn't.

I don't know what an "astriod" is, but I'm assuming that it's deadly like an asteroid. I certainly do hope that we don't get hit by one, because that would do a lot more to stop mankind from advancing off this planet than some Mexicans moving northward ever could, although we all know that stereotypical characteristics of immigrants have such a huge impact on the nation they move to. That's why the U.S. became a "third world crap hole" like 1840's Ireland, with everyone drunk and starving due to a lack of potatoes, right?

Pero quizás no me importa la inmigración ilegal porque ya puedo hablar fluentemente en español.

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As long as they're here legally, I really don't care what their last names are.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

ah killed a man in texus

completly off topic sorry

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~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

O noes! So I guess we should kick out all of the people with Eastern European, or Irish, or German, or Italian names?

Oh wait, that would be most of the country.

I don't have any problem with them being Mexican. What I have a problem with is that a solid majority of them are here illegally.

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Never argue with an idiot. He'll just drag you down to his level of intelligence and beat you with experience.

well there is theory that says a big rock will hit earth in 2028