The surname Licata
An Italian surname, carried by 3,750 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex L230
Origin
Italian origin
Borrowed from Sicilian Licata, a toponym and a surname.
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 3,750 people named Licata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,332 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,701.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,741 | Bitner | 3,753 | 82,266 |
| #8,743 | Seabolt | 3,752 | 82,288 |
| #8,746 | Shackleford | 3,751 | 82,310 |
| #8,747 | Stansberry | 3,750 | 82,332 |
| #8,749 | Boutin | 3,749 | 82,354 |
| #8,753 | Westerfield | 3,748 | 82,376 |
| #8,756 | Karcher | 3,746 | 82,420 |
Who is named Licata
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Licata identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Licata has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.
Other Italian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Licata come from?
- Borrowed from Sicilian Licata, a toponym and a surname.
- How common is the surname Licata?
- 3,750 people in the United States had the surname Licata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,332 Americans. It ranked 8,747th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Licata?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Licata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Licata getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,750 in 2010, up 1.3%.