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    The surname Attia

    A surname, carried by 1,232 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A300

    Attia: #21,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Attia #21,272, 1,232 people Attia: #21,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Attia #21,272, 1,232 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Attia is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,232 people named Attia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,605 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 801.

    #21,272
    rank among US surnames
    1,232
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.8%
    change since 2000 (was #28,142)

    Who is named Attia

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

    85% of people named Attia identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Attia

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Attia?
    1,232 people in the United States had the surname Attia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,605 Americans. It ranked 21,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Attia?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Attia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Attia getting more or less common?
    More common. 801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,232 in 2010, up 54%.