Explore the Family Name Chianese

The meaning of Chianese

Italian (southern): from a southern adjectival form of Piana, a habitational name from any of numerous places called with piana ‘plain’, as for example Piana di Gioia Tauro in Calabria. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Domenic, Filomena, Sal.

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

Data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a slight shift in the popularity of the surname Chianese between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 33,933 in 2000 to 35,147 in 2010, marking a decrease of 3.58%. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased slightly from 633 to 641 during the same period. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a small decrease from 0.23 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010, reflecting a change of -4.35%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,933	#35,147	-3.58%
Count	633	641	1.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chianese

In terms of ethnicity, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there was an observable shift in the ethnic identities associated with the Chianese surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identified as White decreased from 97.95% to 94.85%, a change of -3.16%. While the representation of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained at 0%, the Hispanic representation saw significant growth from 0.79% in 2000 to 2.34% in 2010, marking a rise of 196.20%. The data also shows that some people with this surname started identifying themselves as belonging to two or more races in 2010, although the exact data was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.95%	94.85%	-3.16%
Hispanic	0.79%	2.34%	196.2%
Two or More Races	0%	2.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%