How common is the surname Cueto?

3,833 people in the United States had the surname Cueto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,549 Americans. It ranked 8,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cueto?

Johnny Cueto, baseball player from the Dominican Republic.

Where is the surname Cueto most common?

Wikidata records people named Cueto in the Dominican Republic.

Is the surname Cueto getting more or less common?

More common. 2,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,833 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Cueto

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,833 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cueto is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish.

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 3,833 people named Cueto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,549 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,779.

#8,593

rank among US surnames

3,833

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+37.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,588)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,587	Leyba	3,836	80,486
#8,589	Willette	3,835	80,507
#8,590	Weise	3,834	80,528
#8,593	Cueto	3,833	80,549
#8,594	Haack	3,832	80,570
#8,596	Shears	3,831	80,591

Who is named Cueto

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

79% of people named Cueto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cuetos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Cueto
Baseball player from the Dominican Republic, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cueto

Cueto has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cueto come from?: From Spanish.
How common is the surname Cueto?: 3,833 people in the United States had the surname Cueto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,549 Americans. It ranked 8,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cueto?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cueto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Cueto?: Johnny Cueto, baseball player from the Dominican Republic.
Where is the surname Cueto most common?: Wikidata records people named Cueto in the Dominican Republic.
Is the surname Cueto getting more or less common?: More common. 2,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,833 in 2010, up 38%.