Explore the Family Name Athanasiou

The meaning of Athanasiou

Greek: patronymic from the genitive case of the personal name Athanasios, meaning ‘immortal’ (see Attanasio). Compare Athanas. Some characteristic forenames: Greek Andreas, Christos, Athanasia, Constantine, Constantinos, Costas, Evangelos, Ioannis, Kostantinos, Kostas, Nikolaos, Panagiotis.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Athanasiou has been growing in popularity in the United States. In 2000, Athanasiou was ranked as the 61,207th most common last name but jumped to the 58,042nd rank by 2010, which is a growth of more than 5 percent. The count of individuals bearing this surname also rose from 307 to 350 during the same period, marking an increase of around 14 percent. On average, per 100,000 people, the proportion with the Athanasiou surname also increased slightly, from 0.11 to 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,207	#58,042	5.17%
Count	307	350	14.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.12	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Athanasiou

Turning to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that people bearing the surname Athanasiou overwhelmingly identified as White, with the proportion rising from 94.79 percent in 2000 to 97.71 percent in 2010. There were no recorded instances of anyone with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or More Races, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year. However, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identification among those with the Athanasiou surname in 2010, making up 2 percent of the total.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.79%	97.71%	3.08%
Hispanic	0%	2%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.26%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%