Explore the Family Name Ardito

The meaning of Ardito

Italian: nickname from ardito ‘bold, daring’, from ardire ‘to venture’, a word of ancient Germanic origin. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Francesco, Aldo, Angelo, Annamaria, Carlo, Carmel, Dante, Domenico, Gaetano, Gino, Giuseppe.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ardito has slightly decreased from 2000 to 2010. Ranked as the 21,916th most popular surname in 2000, it slipped to the 22,530th place by 2010, marking a decrease of 2.8%. However, the actual count of people with the surname increased by 3.35% over the decade, from 1,104 to 1,141 individuals. The proportion of the surname per 100,000 people also decreased marginally from 0.41 in 2000 to 0.39 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,916	#22,530	-2.8%
Count	1,104	1,141	3.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.39	-4.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ardito

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides insight into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ardito. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage saw a slight decrease from 94.75% in 2000 to 91.85% in 2010. The proportion identifying as Hispanic saw a significant growth, almost doubling from 2.72% in 2000 to 5.26% in 2010. The number of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander also notably increased, rising from 0.45% to 1.31% during the same period. Those identifying as two or more races decreased from 1.45% to 0.96%, while those identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native showed a negligible decrease. No change was noted in those identifying as Black.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.75%	91.85%	-3.06%
Hispanic	2.72%	5.26%	93.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.45%	1.31%	191.11%
Two or More Races	1.45%	0.96%	-33.79%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.63%	0.61%	-3.17%
Black	0%	0%	0%