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    The surname Cartaya

    A Spanish surname, carried by 606 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cartaya is more common than 77.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Cartaya. This surname is mostly found in Venezuela and Cuba.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 606 people named Cartaya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 456.

    #36,838
    rank among US surnames
    606
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.9%
    change since 2000 (was #44,430)

    Who is named Cartaya

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

    89% of people named Cartaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Cartaya

    Cartaya has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cartaya come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Cartaya. This surname is mostly found in Venezuela and Cuba.
    How common is the surname Cartaya?
    606 people in the United States had the surname Cartaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cartaya?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cartaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cartaya getting more or less common?
    More common. 456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, up 33%.