How common is the last name Ayala?

91,108 people in the United States have the last name Ayala, about 1 in 3,281. It ranks #338 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AYALA

#338

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
91,108
About
1 in 3,281
This common or more
27.8%
Who bears it

Of the 91,108 people with the last name Ayala, 93.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ayala

#336 Deleon · 91,364#337 Barnett · 91,163#339 Bates · 91,057#340 Caldwell · 90,100

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ayala, most common first.

#75,111 Ayalla · 277#96,572 Ayla · 202

Also a first name

As a first name, Ayala ranks #11,849 of 53,615, with 1,067 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 77 births. See Ayala as a first name

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