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    The surname Arata

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,395 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A630

    Arata: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arata #19,379, 1,395 people Arata: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arata #19,379, 1,395 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arata is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Arata.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,395 people named Arata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,378.

    #19,379
    rank among US surnames
    1,395
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,492)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,372Crass1,396221,164
    #19,379Persad1,395221,323

    Who is named Arata

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

    82% of people named Arata identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arata

    Arata has the Soundex code A630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A630.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arata come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Arata.
    How common is the surname Arata?
    1,395 people in the United States had the surname Arata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. It ranked 19,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arata?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Arata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Arata getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,395 in 2010, up 1.2%.