Explore the Family Name Carrubba

The meaning of Carrubba

Italian (Sicily and Naples): habitational name from any of various places in Sicily named with Carruba or Carrubba. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Ettore, Antonio, Camillo, Carmela, Carmelo, Corrado, Francesco, Lucio, Pietro, Rocco.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Carrubba has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Carrubba was ranked 33,425th most common surname, but fell to the 36,154th position in 2010, marking an 8.16% change. The actual count of individuals with this surname also shrunk from 644 in 2000 to 620 in 2010, indicating a 3.73% drop. Consequently, the proportion of people named Carrubba per 100,000 decreased by 12.5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,425	#36,154	-8.16%
Count	644	620	-3.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.21	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Carrubba

The ethnic identity associated with the Carrubba surname, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, primarily identifies as White, though there have been small shifts over the decade. In 2000, 97.20% of those with the surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 95.48% in 2010. The Hispanic representation within this group grew from 2.02% in 2000 to 3.06% in 2010, a significant increase of 51.49%. Simultaneously, the 2010 data shows a new category of people identifying as two or more races (0.81%) that was not present in the 2000 census. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	95.48%	-1.77%
Hispanic	2.02%	3.06%	51.49%
Two or More Races	0%	0.81%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%