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    The surname Basta

    A surname, carried by 1,322 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B230

    Basta: #20,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Basta #20,172, 1,322 people Basta: #20,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Basta #20,172, 1,322 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basta is more common than 87.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,322 people named Basta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,228.

    #20,172
    rank among US surnames
    1,322
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,180)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368
    #20,172Melchior1,322233,544

    Who is named Basta

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

    93% of people named Basta identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    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 Basta

    Basta has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Basta?
    1,322 people in the United States had the surname Basta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Basta?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Basta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Basta getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 7.7%.