Explore the Family Name Cicciarelli

The meaning of Cicciarelli

Italian: 1. perhaps a patronymic or plural form of a pet form of an otherwise unrecorded medieval personal name, Cicciaro, which would be from an ancient Germanic name, Sighari, composed of the elements sig ‘victory’ + hari ‘army’. 2. alternatively, it may be a derivative of the personal name Cicco. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Remo, Romeo, Silvio.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Cicciarelli has seen a slight decrease in popularity ranking from 78,035 in 2000 to 81,181 in 2010, marking a -4.03 change. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname increased by 2.19%, reaching a total of 233 people in 2010. The proportion of people with the surname Cicciarelli per 100,000 remained stable at 0.08 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#78,035	#81,181	-4.03%
Count	228	233	2.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cicciarelli

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of people bearing the surname Cicciarelli identify as White, with an increase from 92.11% in 2000 to 92.70% in 2010. A small percentage identifies as Hispanic, which saw a slightly larger growth between 2000 and 2010, moving from 7.02% to 7.30%. Other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native recorded no individuals with the Cicciarelli surname in both 2000 and 2010. Similarly, there were no reports of individuals identifying with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.11%	92.7%	0.64%
Hispanic	7.02%	7.3%	3.99%
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%