According to U.S. Census report, Lopez is most common last name in California.

[mlm]

As I said above, interesting observation.
Why do I have to have an unstated opinion?

Just wondering why you chose to post it. Interesting is fair enough, although this didn't seem that surprising to me.

 

[kevin 714]

I stand corrected, I read it down several paragraphs in and misinterpreted what they were saying. Thanks for the correction.

recently you expressed concern over latino voting numbers and their ability to vote

It's the De Facto national language.
Yes, we do need one, otherwise we run up costs and in the case of Southwestern US we risk state constitutional amendments making Spanish the state language if/when the Mexican population becomes the majority population in a state.
Remember, it only takes a simple majority to change the state constitution.

 

[Climber]

recently you expressed concern over latino voting numbers and their ability to vote

No.
I was making a point that things can change, you can't assume anything.

Don't try to read things into my posts that I didn't put there, you're trying to first make me out to be a simpleton then use that mode to twist my posts into something they aren't.

 

[nbean16]

No.
I was making a point that things can change, you can't assume anything.

Don't try to read things into my posts that I didn't put there, you're trying to first make me out to be a simpleton then use that mode to twist my posts into something they aren't.

Hes gonna call you a racist any minute now. Kev is just laying foundation first.

 

[kevin 714]

Hes gonna call you a racist any minute now. Kev is just laying foundation first.

I dont think brett is racist at all

 

[Reli]

The word "Conquistador" is taken from the Spanish verb "conquistar" which means "to conquer."

So really they were just fulfilling their job title.

That's one way of looking at it.

 

[Climber]

Hes gonna call you a racist any minute now. Kev is just laying foundation first.

Kevin knows that I have half asian daughters and a half black son.
One of my best friends is from Columbia, another is from Hong Kong and still another is from Greece and I've dated women from plenty of nationalities.
Somebody would have a very difficult time trying to accuse me of being racist.

 

[Sharky]

Kevin knows that I have half asian daughters and a half black son.
One of my best friends is from Columbia, another is from Hong Kong and still another is from Greece and I've dated women from plenty of nationalities.
Somebody would have a very difficult time trying to accuse me of being racist.

If you were really not racist, you'd have a Mexican kid to round things out.

 

[kevin 714]

there are no native americans.

a ten thousand year history within the amercias with a distinctive ethnic, cultrual, and language evoltion within the the continent makes them "native" in a very real way

 

[Climber]

If you were really not racist, you'd have a Mexican kid to round things out.

Worked on a Brazilian one, but despite the many hours of practice, didn't end up with one!

 

[Ogier le Danois]

recently you expressed concern over latino voting numbers and their ability to vote

Any culture or voting block that is somewhat dissimilar should
Be a point of concern for the others.

 

[Nahullo]

a ten thousand year history within the amercias with a distinctive ethnic, cultrual, and language evoltion within the the continent makes them "native" in a very real way

I could not have said it better.

I normally toss out - "If your ancestors did not walk to N. America from Asia – and you live here - then you are from an immigrant family".

 

[Sharky]

a ten thousand year history within the amercias with a distinctive ethnic, cultrual, and language evoltion within the the continent makes them "native" in a very real way

God had not even created the world 10,000 years ago.

 

[asdfghwy]

God had not even created the world 10,000 years ago.

Checkmate, atheists

 

[louemc]

IBT Smith Haters.

Smith haters would hate Utah....

 

[Eldritch]

Kevin knows that I have half asian daughters and a half black son.
One of my best friends is from Columbia, another is from Hong Kong and still another is from Greece and I've dated women from plenty of nationalities.
Somebody would have a very difficult time trying to accuse me of being racist.

It is racist that you don't think you're racist.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

Lee is the most common porn actor name

 

[m_asim]

Somebody needs to stop Mario Lopez from making so many babies!

 

[latindane]

Report: Each state's most distinctive last name

While the U.S. Census reports that the most common last names in the country are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones, lifestyle site Mental Floss dug deeper.

Using data from Social Security Administration, the site found which last name is most distinctive to each state, meaning you are more likely to find people with a particular last name in that state in that state than in any other.

This is not a surprise.

The next question is whether it is the most common last name in Mexico.
The answer is no, but near the top:

Last name Incidence amount
1. Hernandez 2,534,379
2.Garcia 2,416,128
3.Lopez 2,151,072

The most common surnames in California according to ancestry.com:
Garcia
Hernandez
Lopez

So although you misunderstood what they had done, your intuition was probably right.

 

[Climber]

Thanks latindane, your map is far cooler and informative than the story I posted.