Explore the Family Name Ceraso

The meaning of Ceraso

Italian: habitational name for someone from any of numerous minor places called with the dialect word cerasa ‘cherry, cherry tree’ (from Latin cerasus), notably Ceraso in Salerno, or possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a cherry tree or cherry orchard. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Ettore, Gaetano, Guido, Matteo, Pasquale, Salvatore.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ceraso is not very common in the United States. In the year 2000, it ranked 59,453 in popularity and slightly dropped by 2010 to a rank of 63,698, marking a decline of 7.14%. The total count of individuals with this surname also decreased slightly from 318 in 2000 to 313 in 2010, reflecting a decrease of 1.57%. Furthermore, the proportion per 100k people with this surname also fell from 0.12 to 0.11 over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#59,453	#63,698	-7.14%
Count	318	313	-1.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ceraso

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Ceraso surname, again based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority identify as White, though there was a slight decrease from 98.43% in 2000 to 97.44% in 2010. Interestingly, the 2010 data shows that 1.60% of those with the Ceraso surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, a category that did not appear in the 2000 census data. There were no recorded instances of the surname among those identifying as Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native for either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.43%	97.44%	-1.01%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.6%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%