Explore the Family Name Buccellato

The meaning of Buccellato

Italian (Sicily): from buccellato ‘ring-shaped loaf, long-keeping bread’ (from Latin buccellatum ‘biscuit’), applied as metonymic occupational name for a baker or as a nickname for someone who was well preserved or long lived. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Vito, Gasper, Giuseppa, Giuseppe, Nicolo, Rocco, Veto, Vita.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Buccellato has seen a growing popularity in the United States. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 36,672nd most common surname, while by 2010 it had climbed to the 35,489th position, marking an increase of 3.23%. During this decade, the number of individuals with the Buccellato surname expanded from 575 to 634, indicating a substantial growth rate of 10.26%. However, the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.21.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,672	#35,489	3.23%
Count	575	634	10.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.21	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Buccellato

Looking into the ethnicity associated with the Buccellato surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census presents an interesting picture. As of 2000, 94.26% of those carrying the Buccellato surname identified as White, but this percentage slightly dropped to 91.32% by 2010. There was also a noteworthy increase in the Hispanic identity, which rose from 4.52% in 2000 to 6.94% in 2010, reflecting a significant shift of 53.54%. The Asian/Pacific Islander identity emerged in 2010 with 0.95%, while there were no records of individuals identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.26%	91.32%	-3.12%
Hispanic	4.52%	6.94%	53.54%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.95%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%