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    The surname Defreitas

    A surname, carried by 2,957 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D163

    Defreitas: #10,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Defreitas #10,787, 2,957 people Defreitas: #10,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Defreitas #10,787, 2,957 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Defreitas is more common than 93.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,957 people named Defreitas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,412 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,448.

    #10,787
    rank among US surnames
    2,957
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,729)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,779Collin2,959104,341
    #10,782Lama2,958104,376
    #10,787Sergent2,957104,412
    #10,790Beesley2,956104,447
    #10,792Turnbow2,955104,482
    #10,795Rothschild2,954104,518

    Who is named Defreitas

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

    60% of people named Defreitas identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
    • Two or more races 4.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Defreitas

    Defreitas has the Soundex code D163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Defreitas?
    2,957 people in the United States had the surname Defreitas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,412 Americans. It ranked 10,787th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Defreitas?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Defreitas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Defreitas getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,957 in 2010, up 21%.