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    The surname Vitela

    A surname, carried by 1,816 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V340

    Vitela: #15,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vitela #15,985, 1,816 people Vitela: #15,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vitela #15,985, 1,816 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vitela is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,816 people named Vitela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,265.

    #15,985
    rank among US surnames
    1,816
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,710)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,978Doris1,817169,920
    #15,985Manges1,816170,014

    Who is named Vitela

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

    88% of people named Vitela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Vitela

    Vitela has the Soundex code V340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vitela?
    1,816 people in the United States had the surname Vitela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vitela?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Vitela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Vitela getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, up 44%.