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The surname Nitta

A surname, carried by 1,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N300

Nitta: #18,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nitta #18,961, 1,439 people Nitta: #18,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nitta #18,961, 1,439 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nitta is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,439 people named Nitta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,012.

#18,961
rank among US surnames
1,439
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+42.2%
change since 2000 (was #23,428)

Who is named Nitta

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

48% of people named Nitta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 48%
  • White (not Hispanic) 37%
  • Two or more races 11%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nitta

Nitta has the Soundex code N300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N300.

Questions

How common is the surname Nitta?
1,439 people in the United States had the surname Nitta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nitta?
In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Nitta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nitta getting more or less common?
More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 42%.