How common is the surname Sessa?

1,786 people in the United States had the surname Sessa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sessa?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sessa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Sessa most common?

Wikidata records people named Sessa in the United States.

Is the surname Sessa getting more or less common?

More common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Sessa

A surname, carried by 1,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sessa is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,786 people named Sessa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,746.

#16,179

rank among US surnames

1,786

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967

Who is named Sessa

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

93% of people named Sessa identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sessas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dominic Sessa
American actor, born 2002

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sessa

Sessa has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Questions

How common is the surname Sessa?: 1,786 people in the United States had the surname Sessa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sessa?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sessa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sessa?: Dominic Sessa, American actor.
Where is the surname Sessa most common?: Wikidata records people named Sessa in the United States.
Is the surname Sessa getting more or less common?: More common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, up 2.3%.