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    The surname Resetar

    A Serbo-Croatian occupational surname, carried by 473 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R236

    Resetar: #45,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Resetar #45,253, 473 people Resetar: #45,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Resetar #45,253, 473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Resetar is more common than 72.1% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    Occupational surname borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rešetar, Slovak rešetár, or Czech řešetář (“sievemaker”).

    Resetar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 473 people named Resetar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 652,739 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 501.

    #45,253
    rank among US surnames
    473
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #41,060)

    Who is named Resetar

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

    98% of people named Resetar identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Reshetar

    Surnames that sound like Resetar

    Resetar has the Soundex code R236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R236.

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Resetar come from?
    Occupational surname borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rešetar, Slovak rešetár, or Czech řešetář (“sievemaker”).
    How common is the surname Resetar?
    473 people in the United States had the surname Resetar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 652,739 Americans. It ranked 45,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Resetar?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Resetar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Resetar?
    Resetar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Resetar getting more or less common?
    Less common. 501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 473 in 2010, down 5.6%.
    What are other spellings of Resetar?
    Reshetar.