Explore the Family Name Carminati

The meaning of Carminati

Italian (northern, mainly Lombardy): habitational name for someone from Carmine (see Carmine), from an adjectival form of the placename. This is a typical Lombardic surname; there surnames derived from placenames usually have a pluralized form. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Ettore, Gaeton, Premo, Renzo.

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

According to data based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Carminati has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, the Carminati surname was ranked 74,164 in popularity and by 2010, it had dropped to rank 79,846. This represents a 7.66% change. In terms of count, there were 243 individuals with the Carminati surname in 2000, and this number decreased slightly to 238 in 2010, showing a 2.06% change. The proportion of the Carminati surname per 100K population also declined from 0.09 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,164	#79,846	-7.66%
Count	243	238	-2.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Carminati

On the ethnic identity front, the Carminati surname is predominantly associated with those identifying as White, with 95.47% in 2000 and 92.86% in 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. There was a minimal increase in the Hispanic ethnicity from 3.29% in 2000 to 3.78% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of the Carminati surname among Asian/Pacific Islander, those identifying with two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.47%	92.86%	-2.73%
Hispanic	3.29%	3.78%	14.89%
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%