The surname Pita
A surname, carried by 2,328 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P300
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,328 people named Pita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,525.
#13,148
rank among US surnames
2,328
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+52.7%
change since 2000 (was #17,153)
Who is named Pita
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
71% of people named Pita identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 71%
- White (not Hispanic) 18%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 7.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pita has the Soundex code P300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P300.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pita?
- 2,328 people in the United States had the surname Pita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. It ranked 13,148th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pita?
- In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Pita identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Pita getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,328 in 2010, up 53%.