Explore the Family Name Bisignano

The meaning of Bisignano

Italian (southern): habitational name from either of two places called Bisignano: one, the more likely source of the surname, in Cosenza province; the other in the province of Ascoli Piceno. The placename is derived from the Latin personal name Visinius, with the suffix -anu. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Alfio, Annamarie, Antonino, Carlo, Carmelo, Concetta, Cosimo, Sal, Salvatore, Santo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Bisignano has seen a slight increase in popularity over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 52,827th in popularity and had a count of 368. By 2010, the rank improved to 51,281 with a count of 406, representing an increase of 2.93% in ranking and 10.33% in count. It's worth noting that the proportion per 100k remained consistent at 0.14 over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,827	#51,281	2.93%
Count	368	406	10.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.14	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bisignano

The ethnicity distribution for the Bisignano surname also underwent some changes during the same period as reported by the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 97.01% in 2000 to 94.09% in 2010. The data also shows new records of individuals with Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic identities in 2010, accounting for 1.97% and 2.96%, respectively. There were no records of individuals identifying as two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either of the years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.01%	94.09%	-3.01%
Hispanic	0%	2.96%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.97%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%