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    The surname Fata

    A surname, carried by 982 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fata is more common than 84.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Italian surname, from Fato, a short form of the name Bonfato (see Bonifacio) or from fata (“fairy, preying pantis”). * As an Hungarian surname, from the old personal name Fáta.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 982 people named Fata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 314,405 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 905.

    #25,226
    rank among US surnames
    982
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,610)

    Who is named Fata

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

    81% of people named Fata identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fata

    Fata has the Soundex code F300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fata come from?
    * As an Italian surname, from Fato, a short form of the name Bonfato (see Bonifacio) or from fata (“fairy, preying pantis”). * As an Hungarian surname, from the old personal name Fáta.
    How common is the surname Fata?
    982 people in the United States had the surname Fata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 314,405 Americans. It ranked 25,226th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fata?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Fata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fata getting more or less common?
    More common. 905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 982 in 2010, up 8.5%.