How common is the surname Bhakta?

3,359 people in the United States had the surname Bhakta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,916 Americans. It ranked 9,664th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bhakta getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,359 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Bhakta

A surname, carried by 3,359 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhakta is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,359 people named Bhakta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,916 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,502.

#9,664

rank among US surnames

3,359

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,644)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,658	Durrett	3,361	91,861
#9,661	Hellman	3,360	91,889
#9,664	Dinardo	3,359	91,916
#9,666	Kennelly	3,358	91,943
#9,667	Oliveri	3,357	91,971
#9,669	Shear	3,356	91,998
#9,672	Vanlandingham	3,355	92,025

Who is named Bhakta

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

96% of people named Bhakta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bhakta

Bhakta 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 Bhakta?: 3,359 people in the United States had the surname Bhakta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,916 Americans. It ranked 9,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhakta?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bhakta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bhakta getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,359 in 2010, down 4.1%.