How common is the surname Testa?

8,694 people in the United States had the surname Testa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,512 Americans. It ranked 4,084th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Testa?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Testa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Testa?

Clorindo Testa, Argentine architect, painter, sculptor (1923-2013), followed by Mary Testa.

Where is the surname Testa most common?

Wikidata records people named Testa in Italy and the United States.

Is the surname Testa getting more or less common?

More common. 8,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,694 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Testa

An Italian surname, carried by 8,694 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Testa is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Testa.

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 8,694 people named Testa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,512 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,123.

#4,084

rank among US surnames

8,694

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #4,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,075	Foltz	8,714	35,431
#4,076	Santoro	8,713	35,435
#4,078	Lanning	8,711	35,443
#4,079	Plascencia	8,710	35,447
#4,080	Burkhardt	8,707	35,459
#4,081	Autry	8,704	35,472
#4,082	Slattery	8,695	35,508

Who is named Testa

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

91% of people named Testa identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Testas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clorindo Testa
Argentine architect, painter, sculptor (1923-2013)
Mary Testa
American actress, born 1955

Notable Testas come mostly from Italy (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Testa

Test

Testa has the Soundex code T230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T230.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Testa come from?: Borrowed from Italian Testa.
How common is the surname Testa?: 8,694 people in the United States had the surname Testa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,512 Americans. It ranked 4,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Testa?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Testa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Testa?: Clorindo Testa, Argentine architect, painter, sculptor (1923-2013), followed by Mary Testa.
Where is the surname Testa most common?: Wikidata records people named Testa in Italy and the United States.
Is the surname Testa getting more or less common?: More common. 8,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,694 in 2010, up 7.0%.