Explore the Family Name Bacigalupo

The meaning of Bacigalupo

Italian (Genoa): nickname meaning ‘wolf hunter’, from the unattensted verb bacigare ‘to hunt’ + lupo ‘wolf’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bacigalupo ranked 32,939 in popularity in 2000 and fell slightly to 34,110 in 2010, reflecting a decrease of 3.56 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with this surname increased slightly from 656 to 666 during the same period, a modest growth of 1.52 percent. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a minor decrease of 4.17 percent, from 0.24 in 2000 to 0.23 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,939	#34,110	-3.56%
Count	656	666	1.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bacigalupo

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information about the ethnic identity associated with the surname Bacigalupo. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as white (85.21 percent), followed by Hispanic (12.80 percent), and black (1.22 percent). By 2010, while the white percentage had decreased slightly to 82.13 percent, there was a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic to 15.77 percent. The number of people identifying as black dropped significantly by 38.52 percent to 0.75 percent. Notably, for the first time in 2010, 0.75 percent of individuals with the Bacigalupo surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. No individuals identified as having two or more races or as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	85.21%	82.13%	-3.61%
Hispanic	12.8%	15.77%	23.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.75%	0%
Black	1.22%	0.75%	-38.52%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%