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    The surname Abeyta

    A Spanish surname, carried by 6,046 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A130

    Abeyta: #5,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abeyta #5,734, 6,046 people Abeyta: #5,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abeyta #5,734, 6,046 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abeyta is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,046 people named Abeyta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,066 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,635.

    #5,734
    rank among US surnames
    6,046
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,648)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,730Maupin6,05151,024
    #5,731Scofield6,04851,049
    #5,732Sim6,04751,058
    #5,734Abeyta6,04651,066

    Who is named Abeyta

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Abeyta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.5%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Abeytas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • El Hefe
      American musician, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abeyta

    Abeyta has the Soundex code A130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A130.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abeyta come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Abeyta?
    6,046 people in the United States had the surname Abeyta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,066 Americans. It ranked 5,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abeyta?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Abeyta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Abeyta?
    El Hefe, American musician.
    Where is the surname Abeyta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abeyta in the United States.
    Is the surname Abeyta getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,046 in 2010, up 7.3%.