The surname Mestas
A surname, carried by 2,375 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M232
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,375 people named Mestas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,166.
#12,935
rank among US surnames
2,375
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+9.6%
change since 2000 (was #12,976)
Who is named Mestas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Mestas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 20%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Two or more races 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mestas
Mestas has the Soundex code M232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M232.
Questions
- How common is the surname Mestas?
- 2,375 people in the United States had the surname Mestas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. It ranked 12,935th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mestas?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Mestas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mestas getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,375 in 2010, up 9.6%.