The surname Sahota
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,412 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S300
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਹੋਤਾ (sahotā).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,412 people named Sahota in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 879.
Who is named Sahota
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Sahota identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Sahota has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sahota come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਹੋਤਾ (sahotā).
- How common is the surname Sahota?
- 1,412 people in the United States had the surname Sahota in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. It ranked 19,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sahota?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sahota identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sahota getting more or less common?
- More common. 879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,412 in 2010, up 61%.