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    The surname Cerritos

    A surname, carried by 1,689 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C632

    Cerritos: #16,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cerritos #16,876, 1,689 people Cerritos: #16,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cerritos #16,876, 1,689 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerritos is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,689 people named Cerritos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,040.

    #16,876
    rank among US surnames
    1,689
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,973)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,868Chmiel1,690182,690
    #16,876Melnik1,689182,798
    #16,881Locher1,688182,906

    Who is named Cerritos

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

    96% of people named Cerritos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Cerritos

    Cerritos has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cerritos?
    1,689 people in the United States had the surname Cerritos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. It ranked 16,876th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cerritos?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cerritos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cerritos getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,689 in 2010, up 62%.