How common is the surname Vita?

1,842 people in the United States had the surname Vita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vita?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Vita identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Vita getting more or less common?

More common. 1,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Vita

A surname, carried by 1,842 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vita is more common than 90.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,842 people named Vita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,595.

#15,806

rank among US surnames

1,842

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,571)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,800	Harton	1,843	167,523
#15,806	Dufault	1,842	167,614

Who is named Vita

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

82% of people named Vita identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vita

Vita has the Soundex code V300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V300.

Questions

How common is the surname Vita?: 1,842 people in the United States had the surname Vita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vita?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Vita identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Vita getting more or less common?: More common. 1,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 16%.