Explore the Family Name Cannizzo

The meaning of Cannizzo

Italian (southern): metonymic occupational name for a maker of reed matting and the like, from Sicilian cannizzu ‘reed matting’, from Late Latin cannicius ‘made of reed’, or possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a reedbed, from a collective derivative of canna ‘reed’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Antonino, Filippo, Giovanni, Nunzia, Nunzio, Sal.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Cannizzo saw a slight shift between 2000 and 2010. In terms of ranking, it moved from 33,425 in 2000 to 34,539 in 2010, reflecting a decrease of 3.33%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by 1.71%, going from 644 to 655 in that same ten-year period. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a drop of 8.33%, moving from 0.24 to 0.22.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,425	#34,539	-3.33%
Count	644	655	1.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.22	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cannizzo

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates some changes over the decade. In 2000, 96.74% of individuals with the Cannizzo surname identified as White, dropping by 2.78% to 94.05% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic grew considerably, from 2.33% in 2000 to 5.34% in 2010, marking an impressive growth of 129.18%. Individuals identifying with two or more races were 0.93% in 2000, but this figure was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. It's worth noting that no individuals with the Cannizzo surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.74%	94.05%	-2.78%
Hispanic	2.33%	5.34%	129.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.93%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%