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    The surname Privitera

    An Italian surname, carried by 911 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P613

    Privitera: #26,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Privitera #26,727, 911 people Privitera: #26,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Privitera #26,727, 911 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Privitera is more common than 83.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    From the Sicilian surname Privitera, a surname derived from privitera (“priestess”). Compare also Sicilian Prèviti (“priest”).

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 911 people named Privitera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 338,908 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 913.

    #26,727
    rank among US surnames
    911
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #25,448)

    Who is named Privitera

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

    94% of people named Privitera identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Privitera

    Privitera has the Soundex code P613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P613.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Privitera come from?
    From the Sicilian surname Privitera, a surname derived from privitera (“priestess”). Compare also Sicilian Prèviti (“priest”).
    How common is the surname Privitera?
    911 people in the United States had the surname Privitera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 338,908 Americans. It ranked 26,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Privitera?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Privitera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Privitera getting more or less common?
    Less common. 913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 911 in 2010, down 0.2%.