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    The surname Lafata

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,269 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L130

    Lafata: #20,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lafata #20,806, 1,269 people Lafata: #20,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lafata #20,806, 1,269 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafata is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian La Fata.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,269 people named Lafata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,298 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,215.

    #20,806
    rank among US surnames
    1,269
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,343)

    Who is named Lafata

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

    95% of people named Lafata identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lafata

    Lafata has the Soundex code L130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L130.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lafata come from?
    Borrowed from Italian La Fata.
    How common is the surname Lafata?
    1,269 people in the United States had the surname Lafata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,298 Americans. It ranked 20,806th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lafata?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lafata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lafata getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,269 in 2010, up 4.4%.