Explore the Family Name Aniello

The meaning of Aniello

Italian (Campania, Sicily): variant of Agnello ‘lamb’, from an old form (ainiello) or Neapolitan dialect form (aniello) of the vocabulary word. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Ignazio, Alfio, Gaetano, Mauro, Oreste, Pietro, Vito.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Aniello has seen a slight decrease in the past decade. In 2000, Aniello was ranked 68,782nd in terms of surname prevalence in America and this ranking dropped to 77,012th by 2010, marking an 11.97% decline. The number of people carrying this surname also fell from 267 in 2000 to 249 in 2010, a decrease of 6.74%. The proportion of this surname per 100,000 people reduced by 20% from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,782	#77,012	-11.97%
Count	267	249	-6.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Aniello

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Aniello has also shown some changes over the decade, as indicated by the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 97.38% of those with the surname identified as White, which decreased to 93.98% by 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic were not recorded in 2000 but made up 5.22% of the Aniellos by 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at 0% for both years. The data also showed that there was a small percentage (1.87%) of individuals who identified as being of two or more races in 2000, however, this figure dropped to zero by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.38%	93.98%	-3.49%
Hispanic	0%	5.22%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.87%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%