How common is the surname Liotta?

1,407 people in the United States had the surname Liotta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,435 Americans. It ranked 19,266th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Liotta?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Liotta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Liotta?

Ray Liotta, American actor (1954–2022).

Where is the surname Liotta most common?

Wikidata records people named Liotta in the United States.

Is the surname Liotta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,407 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Liotta

An Italian surname, carried by 1,407 people in the United States.

3 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). Liotta is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Liotta.

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 1,407 people named Liotta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,435 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,388.

#19,266

rank among US surnames

1,407

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,389)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,257	Bator	1,408	219,280
#19,266	Kindt	1,407	219,435
#19,275	Hanus	1,406	219,591

Who is named Liotta

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

94% of people named Liotta identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Liottas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ray Liotta
American actor (1954–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Liotta

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Liotta come from?: Borrowed from Italian Liotta.
How common is the surname Liotta?: 1,407 people in the United States had the surname Liotta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,435 Americans. It ranked 19,266th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Liotta?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Liotta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Liotta?: Ray Liotta, American actor (1954–2022).
Where is the surname Liotta most common?: Wikidata records people named Liotta in the United States.
Is the surname Liotta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,407 in 2010, up 1.4%.