Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Cua

    A surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C000

    Cua: #23,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cua #23,485, 1,082 people Cua: #23,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cua #23,485, 1,082 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cua is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,082 people named Cua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 678.

    #23,485
    rank among US surnames
    1,082
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.6%
    change since 2000 (was #32,094)

    Who is named Cua

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

    50% of people named Cua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 13% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 50%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cua

    Cua 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 Cua?
    1,082 people in the United States had the surname Cua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cua?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Cua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cua getting more or less common?
    More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, up 60%.