Explore the Family Name Calabretta

The meaning of Calabretta

Italian: from a diminutive of Calabria; it may have served to distinguish one person who had come from Calabria from another in the same family or community. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonietta, Carmela, Giuseppe, Mario, Rocco, Salvatore, Rosario, Teodoro.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Calabretta has slightly decreased in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 48,109th most common surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 50,467th position, a change of -4.9%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname remained stable, with only a slight increase from 413 people in 2000 to 414 in 2010. The proportion of people named Calabretta per 100,000 residents also declined by -6.67% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,109	#50,467	-4.9%
Count	413	414	0.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Calabretta

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Calabretta surname identify as White, although there was a slight decrease from 97.34% in 2000 to 94.44% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of this surname among Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities during either census year. Interestingly, the number of individuals identifying as Hispanic with the surname Calabretta saw a significant rise, increasing by 149.66% from 1.45% in 2000 to 3.62% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.34%	94.44%	-2.98%
Hispanic	1.45%	3.62%	149.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%