How common is the surname Atha?

1,499 people in the United States had the surname Atha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Atha most common?

Wikidata records people named Atha in the United States.

Is the surname Atha getting more or less common?

More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Atha

A surname, carried by 1,499 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Atha is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Athy. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Athey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,499 people named Atha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

#18,457

rank among US surnames

1,499

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,734)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Atha

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

94% of people named Atha identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Athas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yelawolf
American rapper, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Atha

Atha has the Soundex code A300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A300.

Questions

Where does the surname Atha come from?: * As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Athy. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Athey.
How common is the surname Atha?: 1,499 people in the United States had the surname Atha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Atha?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Atha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Atha?: Yelawolf, American rapper.
Where is the surname Atha most common?: Wikidata records people named Atha in the United States.
Is the surname Atha getting more or less common?: More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 2.9%.