How common is the surname Lata?

1,044 people in the United States had the surname Lata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. It ranked 24,112th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lata?

In the 2010 Census, 41% of people named Lata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Lata getting more or less common?

More common. 769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,044 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Lata

A surname, carried by 1,044 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lata is more common than 85.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,044 people named Lata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 769.

#24,112

rank among US surnames

1,044

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+35.8%

change since 2000 (was #29,040)

Who is named Lata

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

41% of people named Lata identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 41%
Asian and Pacific Islander 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Two or more races 6.9%

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 Lata

Lata has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Questions

How common is the surname Lata?: 1,044 people in the United States had the surname Lata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. It ranked 24,112th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lata?: In the 2010 Census, 41% of people named Lata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Lata getting more or less common?: More common. 769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,044 in 2010, up 36%.