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    The surname Cuesta

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C230

    Cuesta: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cuesta #12,339, 2,520 people Cuesta: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cuesta #12,339, 2,520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuesta is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Cuesta.

    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 2,520 people named Cuesta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,014.

    #12,339
    rank among US surnames
    2,520
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,787)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567

    Who is named Cuesta

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

    82% of people named Cuesta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cuestas

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Cuesta
      Association football player, born 1999
    • Víctor Leandro Cuesta
      Argentinian association football player, born 1988
    • Michael Cuesta
      American film director (born 1963)
    • Bernardo Cuesta
      Argentine Footballer, born 1988

    Notable Cuestas come mostly from Argentina (2), Colombia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cuesta

    Cuesta has the Soundex code C230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C230.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cuesta come from?
    From Spanish Cuesta.
    How common is the surname Cuesta?
    2,520 people in the United States had the surname Cuesta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cuesta?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cuesta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cuesta?
    Carlos Cuesta, association football player, followed by Víctor Leandro Cuesta.
    Where is the surname Cuesta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cuesta in Argentina, Colombia and the United States.
    Is the surname Cuesta getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 25%.