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    The surname Plata

    A surname, carried by 5,432 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P430

    Plata: #6,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Plata #6,290, 5,432 people Plata: #6,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Plata #6,290, 5,432 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plata is more common than 96.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,432 people named Plata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,838 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,896.

    #6,290
    rank among US surnames
    5,432
    people in 2010
    1.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,883)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,285Agarwal5,43656,796
    #6,286Markey5,43556,807
    #6,288Mader5,43456,817
    #6,290Plata5,43256,838
    #6,291Ridgway5,42956,870

    Who is named Plata

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

    80% of people named Plata identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Plata

    Plata has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Plata?
    5,432 people in the United States had the surname Plata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,838 Americans. It ranked 6,290th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Plata?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Plata identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Plata getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,432 in 2010, up 39%.