Last Name CUENTAS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish

Rank	100,663 (2000 US census)

Count	166 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

7.23%, or 12 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
3.61%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
89.16%, or 148 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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