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    The surname Arita

    A surname, carried by 1,673 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A630

    Arita: #16,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arita #16,984, 1,673 people Arita: #16,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arita #16,984, 1,673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arita is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,673 people named Arita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,546 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,029.

    #16,984
    rank among US surnames
    1,673
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,152)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,975Vanvliet1,674184,436
    #16,984Arita1,673184,546
    #16,993Rodger1,672184,656

    Who is named Arita

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

    73% of people named Arita identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 73%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arita

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arita?
    1,673 people in the United States had the surname Arita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,546 Americans. It ranked 16,984th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arita?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Arita identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Arita getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,673 in 2010, up 63%.