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The surname Cea

A surname, carried by 1,275 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C000

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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). Cea is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,275 people named Cea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,003.

#20,739
rank among US surnames
1,275
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+27.1%
change since 2000 (was #23,582)

Who is named Cea

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

57% of people named Cea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 57%
  • White (not Hispanic) 35%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cea

Cea has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

Questions

How common is the surname Cea?
1,275 people in the United States had the surname Cea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. It ranked 20,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cea?
In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Cea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cea getting more or less common?
More common. 1,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,275 in 2010, up 27%.