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    The surname Lopata

    A surname, carried by 822 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L130

    Lopata: #28,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lopata #28,909, 822 people Lopata: #28,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lopata #28,909, 822 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lopata is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Lopata, Polish Łopata, and Ukrainian лопата (lopata); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lopata.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 822 people named Lopata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 375,603 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 815.

    #28,909
    rank among US surnames
    822
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,771)

    Who is named Lopata

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

    97% of people named Lopata identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lopata

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lopata come from?
    From Czech Lopata, Polish Łopata, and Ukrainian лопата (lopata); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lopata.
    How common is the surname Lopata?
    822 people in the United States had the surname Lopata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 375,603 Americans. It ranked 28,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lopata?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lopata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lopata getting more or less common?
    More common. 815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 822 in 2010, up 0.9%.