Two Latino surnames are among the top 10 most common in the nation.
They are Garcia and Rodriguez and a third Latino surname, Martinez, nearly edged out Wilson for 10th place.
Garcia moved to No. 8 in 2000, up from No. 18, and Rodriguez jumped to No. 9, from 22nd place. The number of Latino surnames among the top 25 doubled, to six.
The number of Hispanics living in the U.S. grew by 58 percent in the 1990s to nearly 13 percent of the population.
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