Explore the Family Name Caratachea

The meaning of Caratachea

Hispanic: altered form of Basque Garatachea, itself a Castilianized form of Garatetxea, a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with a derivative of gara ‘height, peak’ (compare Garate) and etxe ‘house’. The surname Garatetxea is apparently not found in Spain.

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How common is the last name Caratachea in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Caratachea has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the ranking of the surname was 44350, while it jumped to a higher rank of 36970 in 2010, marking a change of 16.64%. The count, representing the number of individuals with this surname, also showed an increase from 457 in 2000 to 604 in 2010, which is a substantial growth of 32.17%. The proportion of people per 100k with the Caratachea surname rose from 0.17 to 0.2 between these years, indicating a 17.65% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,350	#36,970	16.64%
Count	457	604	32.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.2	17.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Caratachea

The Caratachea surname's ethnicity distribution, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, reveals that the majority identify as Hispanic, with 89.5% in 2000 increasing to 91.89% in 2010. This is a positive change of 2.67%. The percentage identifying as White decreased from 10.28% in 2000 to 7.12% in 2010, marking a decrease of 30.74%. There were no individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year; the figures for those identifying as two or more races were also suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	89.5%	91.89%	2.67%
White	10.28%	7.12%	-30.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%