Explore the Family Name Cianflone

The meaning of Cianflone

Italian: 1. unflattering nickname from Spanish chanflón ‘rough, crude, coarse’. 2. from Calabrian cianfruni, the name of an old gold coin, applied possibly as a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer or as a nickname for a rich or miserly man. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Concetta, Fiore, Giuseppe, Ottavio, Rocco.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Cianflone ranked 60,230 in popularity in the year 2000 and slipped slightly to 62,189 in 2010, marking a decline of 3.25 percent. Despite the drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Cianflone surname rose from 313 in 2000 to 322 in 2010--a modest increase of 2.88 percent. The proportion per 100,000 also showed a small decrease of 8.33 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,230	#62,189	-3.25%
Count	313	322	2.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cianflone

When it comes to the ethnic identity associated with the Cianflone surname, the majority identified as White, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 95.53 percent of Cianflones identified as White, dipping slightly to 94.41 percent in 2010. The census also shows an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 2.88 percent in 2000 to 3.11 percent in 2010. Additionally, in 2010 some individuals began identifying as belonging to two or more races. There were no recorded Cianflones identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.53%	94.41%	-1.17%
Hispanic	2.88%	3.11%	7.99%
Two or More Races	0%	1.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%