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    The surname Pleitez

    A surname, carried by 1,819 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P432

    Pleitez: #15,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pleitez #15,964, 1,819 people Pleitez: #15,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pleitez #15,964, 1,819 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pleitez is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,819 people named Pleitez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,029.

    #15,964
    rank among US surnames
    1,819
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +76.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,152)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,955Brightman1,821169,547
    #15,959Burchette1,820169,640
    #15,964Cuccia1,819169,734
    #15,970Deines1,818169,827

    Who is named Pleitez

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

    97% of people named Pleitez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pleitez

    Pleitez has the Soundex code P432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P432.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pleitez?
    1,819 people in the United States had the surname Pleitez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. It ranked 15,964th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pleitez?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Pleitez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pleitez getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,819 in 2010, up 77%.