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    The surname Reta

    A surname, carried by 1,426 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R300

    Reta: #19,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reta #19,087, 1,426 people Reta: #19,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reta #19,087, 1,426 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reta is more common than 88.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,426 people named Reta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,043.

    #19,087
    rank among US surnames
    1,426
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,910)

    Who is named Reta

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

    79% of people named Reta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reta

    Reta has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reta?
    1,426 people in the United States had the surname Reta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reta?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Reta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Reta getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 37%.